ʻO Aflatoxin

ʻO nā Aflatoxins he mau mea make i hana ʻia e kahi pala (fungus) e ulu ana i nā nati, nā hua, a me nā legume.

ʻOiai ʻike ʻia nā aflatoxins e loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā holoholona, ​​ʻo ka United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) e ʻae iā lākou i nā pae haʻahaʻa i nā nati, nā ʻanoʻano, a me nā legume no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he "haumia hiki ʻole ke pale ʻia."

Manaʻo ka FDA i kekahi manawa e ʻai i ka liʻiliʻi o nā aflatoxin i kahi pōpilikia i ke ola holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole kūpono ke hoʻāʻo e kāpae i ka aflatoxin mai nā huahana meaʻai i mea e palekana ai lākou.

Loaʻa paha ka punahelu e hoʻopuka ai i ka aflatoxin i nā meaʻai aʻe:

• ʻO ka pīnī a me ka pīpī pīpī
• Nā hua lāʻau e like me pecans
• Kolo
• Palaoa
• Nā hua aila e like me ka cottonseed

Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Aflatoxins i nā kuahiwi nui e hōʻino i ke ake nui. Hiki i ka inu ʻana i ka ʻona mau loa i ke kaupaona ʻana a i ʻole ka lilo ʻana o ke kaumaha, ka nalowale o ka makemake, a i ʻole infertility i nā kāne.

I mea e hōʻemi ai i ka makaʻu, hoʻāʻo ka FDA i nā meaʻai i loaʻa i ka aflatoxin. ʻO ka pīnī a me ka pīpī pīpī kekahi o nā huahana i ho'āʻo nui ʻia no ka mea loaʻa pinepine nā aflatoxins a ʻai nui ʻia.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻemi i ka lawe ʻana i ka aflatoxin e:

• Ke kūʻai nei i nā mana nui wale o nā hua kukui a me nā nut
• Ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā nati e nānā mouldy, discolored, a shrestled paha

Haschek WM, Voss KA. ʻO Mycotoxins. I: Haschek WM, Rousseaux CG, Wallig MA, eds. ʻO Haschek lāua ʻo Rousseaux's Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology. ʻEkolu huaʻōlelo. Waltham, MA: Elsevier Academic Press; 2013: chap 39.

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. Mycotoxins a me mycotoxicoses. I: Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA, eds. Lapaʻau Microbiology. 8th ed. Piladelapia, PA: Elsevier; 2016: chap 67.

Pūnaewele ʻo National Cancer Institute. Nā Aflatoxins. www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/aflatoxins. Hoʻohou i Kēkēmapa 28, 2018. Loaʻa iā Ianuali 9, 2019.