AFLATOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aflatoxin mean? 

• AFLATOXIN (noun)
  The noun AFLATOXIN has 1 sense:

1. a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: AFLATOXIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFLATOXIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aflatoxin" is a kind of...):

bioarm; biological weapon; bioweapon (any weapon usable in biological warfare)

mycotoxin (a toxin produced by a fungus)

 Context examples 

Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase member 2 (359 aa, ~40 kDa) is encoded by the human AKR7A2 gene.

(Aflatoxin B1 Aldehyde Reductase Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A hepatocellular carcinoma that develops following exposure to aflatoxin.

(Aflatoxins-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase member 2 protein, plays a role in the detoxification of the dialdehyde protein-binding form of aflatoxin B1.

(AKR7A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Microsomal monooxygenases biotransform the toxin to the less toxic metabolites aflatoxin M1 and Q1.

(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Members of the group include aflatoxin B1; aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2; aflatoxin M1; and aflatoxin M2.

(Aflatoxin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Alflatoxin B1 is the most hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic of the aflatoxins and occurs as a contaminant in a variety of foods.

(Aflatoxin B1, NCI Thesaurus)

Consumption of foods contaminated with aflatoxin is a risk factor for primary liver cancer.

(Aflatoxin, NCI Dictionary)

The mycotoxin requires epoxidation to aflatoxin B1 2,3-oxide for activation.

(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)