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<p>The widespread prevalence of food pollutants seriously threatens human and animal health. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites primarily formed by toxigenic fungal genera, including <italic>Aspergillus</italic>, <italic>Penicillium</italic>, <italic>Fusarium</italic>, and <italic>Alternaria</italic>, demonstrating one of the principal pollutants in diets or feed products. Mycotoxin contamination in food can harm health, including stunted development, immune system suppression, infertility, vomiting, and gastrointestinal and cancerous conditions. These effects can occur both acutely and chronically. The complex food chain can be contaminated with mycotoxins at any point, including during harvest, industrial processing, shipping, or storage, putting the food sector under societal pressure owing to the waste generated by infected goods. One of the biological controls of mycotoxin is provided by probiotics and prebiotics, controlled as foods and dietary supplements made of bacteria or yeast. Aflatoxin’s bioavailability and gastrointestinal absorption can be reduced using various probiotics and prebiotics.</p>
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The widespread prevalence of food pollutants seriously threatens human and animal health. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites primarily formed by toxigenic fungal genera, including Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, and Alternaria, demonstrating one of the principal pollutants in diets or feed products. Mycotoxin contamination in food can harm health, including stunted development, immune system suppression, infertility, vomiting, and gastrointestinal and cancerous conditions. These effects can occur both acutely and chronically. The complex food chain can be contaminated with mycotoxins at any point, including during harvest, industrial processing, shipping, or storage, putting the food sector under societal pressure owing to the waste generated by infected goods. One of the biological controls of mycotoxin is provided by probiotics and prebiotics, controlled as foods and dietary supplements made of bacteria or yeast. Aflatoxin’s bioavailability and gastrointestinal absorption can be reduced using various probiotics and prebiotics.

Detoxification Impacts of Dietary Probiotic and Prebiotic Supplements Against Aflatoxins: An Updated Knowledge – A Review

Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences

Department of Biochemistry, College of Science

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Annals of Animal Science

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The widespread prevalence of food pollutants seriously threatens human and animal health. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites primarily formed by toxigenic...

Detoxification Impacts of Dietary Probiotic and Prebiotic Supplements Against Aflatoxins: An Updated Knowledge – A Review

Published Online: Nov 13, 2023

Page range: 1049 - 1060

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Feb 15, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0026

Keywords
probiotics, prebiotics, mechanism of action, aflatoxin, detoxification, animal health

© 2023 Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Detoxification Impacts of Dietary Probiotic and Prebiotic Supplements Against Aflatoxins: An Updated Knowledge – A Review

Published Online: Nov 13, 2023

Page range: 1049 - 1060

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Feb 15, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0026

Keywordsprobiotics, prebiotics, mechanism of action, aflatoxin, detoxification, animal health

© 2023 Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
probiotics, prebiotics, mechanism of action, aflatoxin, detoxification, animal health