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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Does aflatoxin as an environmental mycotoxin adversely affect the renal and hepatic functions of Egyptian lactating mothers and their infants? A preliminary report
Does aflatoxin as an environmental mycotoxin adversely affect the renal and hepatic functions of Egyptian lactating mothers and their infants? A preliminary report
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Backgrounds/Aims Aflatoxin as a mycotoxin constitutes a real human threat. Its presence in human milk was previously reported in different countries. This work is the first Egyptian report that aimed to assess the presence of aflatoxin in both mothers’ milk and the infants’ sera and studied its correlation with infants’ kidney functions. Methods Fifty healthy breast lactating mothers and their infants who were exclusively breast fed for at least 4 months were included. All of them were subjected to thorough laboratory evaluation including determination of aflatoxin concentration by high performance liquid chromatography. Results Twenty-four mothers (48%) and their infants had been contaminated with aflatoxin with the following mean contamination levels (ng/ml); mothers’ serum of 8.9±4.2, mothers’milk of 1.9±0.6 and infants’ serumof 1.8±0.9. The presence of this contamination level is not associated with renal or hepatic dysfunction. 
ISSN : 0301-1623 
Journal Name : Int Urol Nephrol 
Volume : 2 
Issue Number : 38 
Publishing Year : 1426 AH
2006 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Saturday, May 15, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
أسامة جابرGaber, Osama ResearcherDoctorate 

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