Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins in Breast Milk Samples from Sierra Leone

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Journal Mycopathologia

Specialties Microbiology
Pharmacology

Date 1995 Aug 1

PMID 8532055

Citations 17

Authors

F E Jonsyn

S M Maxwell

R G HENDRICKSE

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Abstract

Breast milk from 113 mothers in two 'Under-Five Clinics' in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, namely, Njala and Bo, were examined for their mycotoxin content. Only 10 were mycotoxin-free. Eighty-eight per cent of samples contained various aflatoxins and 35% contained ochratoxin A (OTA). Few samples (15%) had a single mycotoxin. Thirty-six (32%) had two mycotoxins and 50 (40%) had three or more. The occurrence of OTA in combination with various aflatoxins was recorded. It is concluded that infants in Sierra Leone are exposed to OTA and aflatoxins at levels which in some cases far exceed those permissible in animal feed in developed countries.

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