Kuchuluka kwa ma aflatoxins kumabweretsa chiphe (aflatoxicosis) chomwe chingakhale chowopseza moyo, nthawi zambiri chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa chiwindi.
Aflatoxin B1 ndi aflatoxin yopangidwa ndi Aspergillus flavus ndi A. parasiticus.Ndi carcinogen yamphamvu kwambiri.Mphamvu ya carcinogenic iyi imasiyanasiyana kutengera mitundu ndi ena, monga makoswe ndi anyani, omwe amawoneka kuti ndi owopsa kwambiri kuposa ena.Aflatoxin B1 ndizovuta kwambiri muzakudya zosiyanasiyana kuphatikiza mtedza, ufa wa thonje, chimanga, ndi mbewu zina;komanso zakudya za ziweto.Aflatoxin B1 imatengedwa kuti ndi aflatoxin wapoizoni kwambiri ndipo imakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kansa ya hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) mwa anthu.Zitsanzo zingapo ndi njira zowunikira kuphatikiza thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry, ndi enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), mwa zina, zagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyesa kuipitsidwa kwa aflatoxin B1 muzakudya. .Malinga ndi bungwe la Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), kuchuluka kwa aflatoxin B1 padziko lonse lapansi komwe kumaloledwa ndi 1-20 μg/kg m'zakudya, ndi 5-50 μg/kg pazakudya za ng'ombe mu 2003.