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Carcinogenicity

• Aflatoxins are known to be human carcinogens
(hepatocellular carcinoma, or primary liver-cell cancer).

• The risk of liver cancer increased significantly with
increasing aflatoxin consumption.

• Biomarkers for aflatoxin exposure (aflatoxin
metabolites in the urine and aflatoxin albumin adducts in
the blood)

Detection and estimation of aflatoxins