Detection of exposure to aflatoxin in an African population.

dc.contributor.author	Autrup, H
dc.contributor.author	Wakhisi, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-10T15:53:34Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-10T15:53:34Z
dc.date.issued	1988
dc.identifier.citation	IARC Sci Publ. 1988;(89):63-6	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3143673
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31086
dc.description.abstract	Urinary excretion of 8,9-dihydro-8-(7'-guanyl)-9-hydroxyaflatoxin (AFB-Gua) was studied in areas of different liver cancer incidence in Kenya. Of 983 urine samples analysed for AFB-Gua by high-performance liquid chromatography, 12.6% gave positive results. The chemical identity of AFB-Gua was verified by synchronous scanning fluorescence spectrophotometry. A moderate degree of correlation between prevalence of exposure to aflatoxin B1 and liver cancer incidence could be established in Bantu. People living in areas with high exposure to aflatoxin B, form antibodies that recognize an aflatoxin B1 epitope.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi,	en
dc.title	Detection of exposure to aflatoxin in an African population.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of biochemistry	en