Litekanyo tse kholo tsa li-aflatoxin li lebisa ho chefo e matla (aflatoxicosis) e ka behang bophelo kotsing, hangata ka tšenyo ea sebete.
Aflatoxin B1 ke aflatoxin e hlahisoang ke Aspergillus flavus le A. parasiticus.Ke carcinogen e matla haholo.Matla ana a carcinogenic a fapana ho ea ka mefuta le tse ling, joalo ka likhoto le litšoene, ho bonahala ho le bonolo ho feta tse ling.Aflatoxin B1 ke tšilafalo e tloaelehileng lijong tse fapaneng tse kenyelletsang matokomane, lijo-thollo tsa cottonseed, poone, le lijo-thollo tse ling;mmoho le dijo tsa diphoofolo.Aflatoxin B1 e nkuwa e le aflatoxin e chefo ka ho fetisisa mme e ameha haholo ho hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ho batho.[ho qotsa] Liphoofolo, aflatoxin B1 e boetse e bonts'itsoe e le mutagenic, teratogenic, le ho baka immunosuppression.Mekhoa e mengata ea lisampole le tlhahlobo e kenyelletsang chromatography e tšesaane (TLC), chromatography ea metsi e phahameng haholo (HPLC), mass spectrometry, le enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), har'a tse ling, li sebelisitsoe ho etsa tlhahlobo ea tšilafalo ea aflatoxin B1 lijong. .Ho ea ka Mokhatlo oa Lijo le Temo (FAO), tekanyo ea lefats'e ka bophara e mamelloang ea aflatoxin B1 e tlalehiloe e le 1-20 μg/kg lijong, le 5-50 μg/kg lijong tsa likhomo ka 2003.