ʻO ka nui o nā aflatoxins e alakaʻi i ka ʻona nui (aflatoxicosis) hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola, ma muli o ka pōʻino o ke ake.
ʻO Aflatoxin B1 kahi aflatoxin i hana ʻia e Aspergillus flavus a me A. parasiticus.He mea make kino loa ia.ʻOkoʻa kēia mana kino kino ma waena o nā ʻano me kekahi, e like me nā ʻiole a me nā keʻa, me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.ʻO Aflatoxin B1 he mea haumia maʻamau i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole me ka pīni, ka ʻai pulupulu, kānana, a me nā kīʻaha ʻē aʻe;a me na mea ai holoholona.Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Aflatoxin B1 ʻo ia ka aflatoxin ʻona loa a ua pili nui ia i ka maʻi hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) i loko o ke kanaka.Ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau laʻana a me nā ʻano analytical me ka thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry, a me ka enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻāʻo no ka aflatoxin B1 contamination i nā meaʻai. .Wahi a ka Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ua hōʻike ʻia ka pae kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua aflatoxin B1 ma ka laulā o 1-20 μg/kg i ka meaʻai, a me 5-50 μg/kg i ka hānai pipi i ka makahiki 2003.