Aflatoxins and kwashiorkor in Kenya: a hospital based study in a rural area of Kenya
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Paediatrics and International Child Health
- Vol. 7 (4) , 249-251
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02724936.1987.11748517
Abstract
Aflatoxin analyses were undertaken on sera and urines of 41 children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya with kwashiorkor, marasmus, marasmic kwashiorkor or normal nutrition (Wellcome Classification). Aflatoxins were detected most frequently and at highest concentrations in the sera of kwashiorkors who, conversely, showed aflatoxins least frequently in their urine and in concentrations that were disproportionately low compared with serum/urine aflatoxin levels in other groups. These findings indicate altered aflatoxin metabolism in kwashiorkor and support the hypothesis that there are special relationships between aflatoxins and kwashiorkor.Keywords
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