Symposium on Mycotoxins in Human Health: The Proceedings of a Symposium held in Pretoria from 2nd to 4th September 1970 under the auspices of the South African Medical Research Council with the collaboration of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Effects of Aflatoxins on in Vivo Nucleic Acid Metabolism in Rats....Pages 1-10
The Metabolism and Some Metabolic Effects of Sterigmatocystin....Pages 11-18
The Effect of Aflatoxins on Pancreatic Deoxyribonuclease....Pages 19-29
The Effect of Aflatoxin B1, Aflatoxin B2 and Sterigmatocystin on Nuclear Deoxyribonucleases from Rat and Mouse Livers....Pages 31-46
Aflatoxin Metabolism....Pages 47-51
Biochemical Studies on Ochratoxin A....Pages 53-64
Porphyrin Metabolism in Primary Hepatoma....Pages 65-69
Surveys for Alpha-Feto-Protein Among Bantu Goldminers....Pages 71-73
Mycologic and Mycotoxic Examination of Cycads....Pages 75-99
Field Survey Of Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi Contaminating Human Foodstuffs in Japan, With Epidemiological Background....Pages 101-106
Isolation of Aspergillus Ochraceus Producing Ochratoxins from Japanese Rice....Pages 107-114
Production of Citreoviridin, a Neurotoxic Mycotoxin of Penicillium Citreo-Viride Biourge....Pages 115-132
Storage Surveys and How They May be Used Both to Detect and Estimate Fungal Contamination in The Diet....Pages 133-140
The Toxicology of Aflatoxin....Pages 141-151
Hepatic and Renal Pathology Induced in Mice by Feeding Fungal Cultures....Pages 153-161
Toxicological and Biological Properties of Fusarenon-X, A Cytotoxic Mycotoxin of Fusarium Nivale Fn-2B....Pages 163-178
Field Survey of Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi Contaminating Human Foodstuffs in Japan, with Epidemiological Background....Pages 179-183
Experimental Evidence that Lupinosis of Sheep Is A Mycotoxicosis Caused by the Fungus Phomopsis Leptostromiformis (Kühn) Bubák....Pages 185-193
Aflatoxin Carcinogenesis in Rats: Dietary Effects....Pages 195-208
The Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Sterigmatocystin....Pages 209-213
The Effects of Aflatoxin B1 and Sterigmatocystin on Two Different Types of Cell Cultures....Pages 215-222
Recently Discovered Metabolites with Unusual Toxic Manifestations....Pages 223-229
Epidemiological Interactions....Pages 231-244
Dietary Aflatoxin Loads and the Incidence of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Thailand....Pages 245-262
Preliminary Results from Food Analyses in the Inhambane Area....Pages 263-269
Aflatoxin Ingestion and Excretion by Humans....Pages 271-280
The Incidence of Fungi in Foodstuffs and Their Significance, Based on A Survey in the Eastern Transvaal and Swaziland....Pages 281-290
Biological Screening as A Laboratory Aid in Determining Cancer Aetiology....Pages 291-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-306