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Exploring the toxic effects of MYCOtoxins MIXtures in infant food and potential health impact

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dc.contributor.authorAlvito, Paula
dc.contributor.authorArruda, Noélia
dc.contributor.authorAssunção, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorBarreira, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorVasco, Elsa
dc.contributor.authorTavares, Ana
dc.contributor.authorCalhau, Maria Antónia
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-23T12:21:24Z
dc.date.available2015-01-23T12:21:24Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-21
dc.descriptionComunicação a convitepor
dc.description.abstractThere is growing concern within public health about mycotoxin involvement in human diseases particularly related to children´s exposure through contaminated food1 . The natural co-occurrence of mycotoxins is an increasing concern which could be expected to exert greater toxicity and carcinogenicity than exposure to single mycotoxins2. The present project aimed to study the occurrence of multiple mycotoxins and toxicity interactions in baby foods and cereals consumed by Portuguese children. Scarce data are available in the literature concerning the co-occurrence of mycotoxins in infant food and their combined toxicity and no data exists in Portugal concerning this issue. This project gathered a multidisciplinary team in order to answer to several questions: 1) Are children exposed daily to mycotoxins through food? 2) What are the quality and quantity that characterize this exposure? 3) Can this exposure bring harm to children? Will it put them on risk? The co-occurrence of several mycotoxins were evaluated in different infant foods (cereal based) marketed at Portugal (Lisboa). These results, combined with the consumption data from a food consumption survey performed at the Primary Health Care Unit from Cidadela, Cascais (children aged until 3 years old) were used to estimate the intake of mycotoxins in Portugal, through a probabilistic approach using @Risk software. Toxicological studies including bioavailability and absorption of mycotoxins3 and its interactive effects4 were also performed.por
dc.description.sponsorshipFCTpor
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2684
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherInstituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IPpor
dc.relationMycomix (PTDC/DTP-FTO/0417/2012)por
dc.subjectSegurança Alimentarpor
dc.subjectToxicologiapor
dc.subjectAvaliação do Riscopor
dc.subjectMycoMix
dc.titleExploring the toxic effects of MYCOtoxins MIXtures in infant food and potential health impactpor
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboa, Portugalpor
oaire.citation.titleTrends in Enviromental Microbiology for Public Health -TEMPH, 18-21 setembro 2014por
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpor

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