title: Human exposure to mycotoxins in Egypt.
abstract: This investigation examined the exposure of Egyptian infants to Aflatoxin M1 (AfM1) and of lactating mothers to Aflatoxin B1, using AfM1 in human milk as a biomarker for exposure to AfB1. The presence of ochratoxin A (OA) in human milk was also investigated to determine the levels of infants exposure to OA from human milk. The results indicated that AfM1 was found in 66 (55 %) of 120 human milk samples with a mean of 0.3 ± 0.53 ng/mL (range 0.02 to 2.09 ng/mL). OA was found in 43 (35.8 %) of 120 human milk samples with a mean of 21.1 ± 13.7 ng/mL (range 5.07 to 45.01 ng/mL), which will cause a daily intake of OA from human milk exceeding the suggested tolerable dose of 5 ng/kg-1 of OA body weight. On the other side AfM1 was found in 25 % of blood samples (5 out of 20 samples), at a mean of 1.18 ng/mL, but it was detected only in one urine sample (1 out of 20 samples). OA was detected only in 2 out of 13 blood samples (15.4 %) with an average 3.67 ng/mL. Whereas OA was not detected in all analyzed urine samples.
authors.affiliation: Food Toxicology and contaminants Dept, National Research center-Dokki-Cairo -Egypt, Egypt.
authors.forename: Am Abdalla
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
authors.forename: E Aly
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Soher
authors.forename: Aa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neamat-Allah