1. What is aflatoxin? Aflatoxin is a metabolite produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. It is highly toxic and has carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects. It mainly causes liver cancer and bone cancer, kidney cancer, rectal cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, etc. Aflatoxin is one of the strongest chemical carcinogens found so far. Aspergillus […]