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Giancaterino M, Fauster T, Krottenthaler A, Jäger H. Effect of pulsed electric field pre-treatment on the debittering process of cherry kernels. INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2022.103234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Marcía J, Álvarez Gil M, Flores Varela L, Henríquez CM, Sosa L, Fernández Perez S, Ruíz SJ. Desintoxicación de la yuca y preparación de ereba: aporte en el fortalecimiento de la seguridad alimentaria del pueblo Garífuna en Honduras. BIONATURA 2022. [DOI: 10.21931/rb/2022.07.03.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Desde la cosmovisión de la antropología alimentaria, al estudiar los orígenes de los pueblos, se asume metafóricamente que los latinoamericanos “somos hombres de maíz y de yuca”; la comunidad Garífuna de Honduras es la principal consumidora de yuca y derivados como el ereba (casabe) y sobresale en la técnica gastronómica ancestral para su elaboración, lo que promueve la soberanía alimentaria. La Agenda 2030, impone a las universidades, la necesidad de dar respuesta a los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS), varios de ellos relacionados con la alimentación. Este artículo tiene por objetivo realizar como academia, una alerta a la comunidad Garífuna hondureña sobre el consumo de la yuca y el casabe para ayudar a garantizar la seguridad y la soberanía alimentaria de esta población desprotegida y pobre de Honduras, mediante una revisión bibliográfica exhaustiva, contribuyendo así a afrontar los retos de los ODS de la Agenda 2030, teniendo en cuenta la toxicidad de la yuca, las enfermedades provocadas por la posible intoxicación respecto a su consumo y los métodos de detoxificación ancestral utilizada para hacer casabe.
Palabras clave: Compuestos Cianogénicos, Comunidad Garífuna, Toxicidad, Detoxificación.
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- Jhunior Marcía
- Facultad de Ciencias Tecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de Agricultura, Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras Instituto de Farmacia y Alimentos (IFAL), Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
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- Instituto de Farmacia y Alimentos (IFAL), Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
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- Departamento del Control Químico, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Departamento del Control Químico, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Grupo de Investigación en Tecnología Farmacéutica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Facultad de Ciencias Tecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de Agricultura, Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras
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- Dirección de Investigación Científica, Humanística y Tecnológica (DICIHT), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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Liu C, Zhang D, Ye S, Chen T, Liu R. D-π-A structure fluorophore: NIR emission, response to viscosity, detection cyanide and bioimaging of lipid droplets. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 267:120593. [PMID: 34789405 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Intracellular viscosity, an important microenvironment factor, is closely involved in various cell processes as well as diseases. On the other hand, cyanide is one of the most hazardous chemicals for human health and environments. However, a NIR fluorescent probe for both response to viscosity and detection of cyanide remains vacant. Herein, we reported a D-π-A structure fluorophore (named CTR) which exhibited NIR emission and fluorescent enhancement response to viscosity via the molecular rotor strategy. Furthermore, CTR displayed fluorescent and colorimetric response to cyanide. Notably, test strips stained with CTR were fabricated, which could serve as an efficient and suitable cyanide test kit. Moreover, CTR could selectively accumulate in lipid droplets and visualize the metabolism of lipid droplets in live cells. These findings would provide new avenue to design fluorescent probe for effective response to viscosity, detection of cyanide, and bioimaging of lipid droplets in live cells.
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- Chuang Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China.
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May T, de la Haye B, Nord G, Klatt K, Stephenson K, Adams S, Bollinger L, Hanchard N, Arning E, Bottiglieri T, Maleta K, Manary M, Jahoor F. One-carbon metabolism in children with marasmus and kwashiorkor. EBioMedicine 2022; 75:103791. [PMID: 35030356 PMCID: PMC8761690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Kwashiorkor is a childhood syndrome of edematous malnutrition. Its precise nutritional precipitants remain uncertain despite nine decades of study. Remarkably, kwashiorkor's disturbances resemble the effects of experimental diets that are deficient in one-carbon nutrients. This similarity suggests that kwashiorkor may represent a nutritionally mediated syndrome of acute one-carbon metabolism dysfunction. Here we report findings from a cross-sectional exploration of serum one-carbon metabolites in Malawian children. METHODS Blood was collected from children aged 12-60 months before nutritional rehabilitation: kwashiorkor (N = 94), marasmic-kwashiorkor (N = 43) marasmus (N = 118), moderate acute malnutrition (N = 56) and controls (N = 46). Serum concentrations of 16 one-carbon metabolites were quantified using LC/MS techniques, and then compared across participant groups. FINDINGS Twelve of 16 measured one-carbon metabolites differed significantly between participant groups. Measured outputs of one-carbon metabolism, asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and cysteine, were lower in marasmic-kwashiorkor (median µmol/L (± SD): 0·549 (± 0·217) P = 0·00045 & 90 (± 40) P < 0·0001, respectively) and kwashiorkor (0·557 (± 0·195) P < 0·0001 & 115 (± 50) P < 0·0001), relative to marasmus (0·698 (± 0·212) & 153 (± 42)). ADMA and cysteine were well correlated with methionine in both kwashiorkor and marasmic-kwashiorkor. INTERPRETATION Kwashiorkor and marasmic-kwashiorkor were distinguished by evidence of one-carbon metabolism dysfunction. Correlative observations suggest that methionine deficiency drives this dysfunction, which is implicated in the syndrome's pathogenesis. The hypothesis that kwashiorkor can be prevented by fortifying low quality diets with methionine, along with nutrients that support efficient methionine use, such as choline, requires further investigation. FUNDING The Hickey Family Foundation, the American College of Gastroenterology, the NICHD, and the USDA/ARS.
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- Thaddaeus May
- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston TX, USA.
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- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston TX, USA,Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, USA,National Human Genome Research Institute, Nationl Institutes of Health
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- Center of Metabolomics, Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
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- Center of Metabolomics, Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
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- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston TX, USA,The University of Malawi College of Medicine, Malawi,Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, USA
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- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston TX, USA
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Sharma R, Lee HI. A water-soluble azobenzene-dicyano pendant polymeric chemosensor for the colorimetric detection of cyanide in 100% aqueous media and food samples. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02544b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A polymeric chemosensor (P1) was developed for the colorimetric detection of cyanide in aqueous media and cyanogenic food samples.
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- Rini Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, 680-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, 680-749, Republic of Korea
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ESTIASIH T, KULIAHSARI DE, MARTATI E, AHMADI K. Cyanogenic compounds removal and characteristics of non- and pregelatinized traditional detoxified wild yam (Dioscorea hispida) tuber flour. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/fst.119121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Tribhuwana Tunggadewi University, Indonesia
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Li C, Dong G, Bian M, Liu X, Gong J, Hao J, Wang W, Li K, Ou W, Xia T. Brewing rich 2-phenylethanol beer from cassava and its producing metabolisms in yeast. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2021; 101:4050-4058. [PMID: 33349937 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cassava is rich in nutrition and has high edible value, but the development of the cassava industry is limited by the traditional low added value processing and utilization mode. In this study, cassava tuber was used as beer adjunct to develop a complete set of fermentation technology for manufacturing cassava beer. RESULTS The activities of transaminase, phenylpyruvate decarboxylase and dehydrogenase in 2-phenylethanol Ehrlich biosynthesis pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were higher in cassava beer than that of malt beer. Aminotransferase ARO9 gene and phenylpyruvate decarboxylase ARO10 gene were up-regulated in the late stage of fermentation, which indicated that they were the main regulated genes of 2-phenylethanol Ehrlich pathway with phenylalanine as substrate in cassava beer preparation. CONCLUSIONS Compared with traditional wheat beer, cassava beer was similar in the content of nutrition elements, diacetyl, total acid, alcohol and carbon dioxide, but has the characteristics of fresh fragrance and better taste. The hydrocyanic acid contained in cassava root tubes was catabolized during fermentation and compliant with the safety standard of beverage. Further study found that the content of 2-phenylethanol in cassava beer increased significantly, which gave cassava beer a unique elegant and delicate rose flavor. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Can Li
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- TsingTao Brewery (Jinan) Co. LTD, Jinan, China
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- TsingTao Brewery (Jinan) Co. LTD, Jinan, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haiko, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetics Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haiko, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetics Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haiko, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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Metabolic and toxic causes of myelopathy form a heterogeneous group of disorders. In this review, we discuss the causes of metabolic and toxic myelopathies with respect to clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, treatment, and prognosis. This review is organized by temporal course (hyperacute, acute, subacute, and chronic) and etiology (e.g., nutritional deficiency, toxic exposure). Broadly, the myelopathies associated with dietary toxins (neurolathyrism, konzo) and decompression sickness present suddenly (hyperacute). The myelopathies associated with heroin use and electrical injury present over hours to days (acutely). Most nutritional deficiencies (cobalamin, folate, copper) and toxic substances (nitrous oxide, zinc, organophosphates, clioquinol) cause a myelopathy of subacute onset. Vitamin E deficiency and hepatic myelopathy cause a chronic myelopathy. Radiation- and intrathecal chemotherapy-induced myelopathy can cause a transient and/or a progressive syndrome. For many metabolic and toxic causes of myelopathy, clinical deficits may stabilize or improve with rapid identification and treatment. Familiarity with these disorders is therefore essential.
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- Michaël C C Slama
- Department of Neurology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Baguma M, Nzabara F, Maheshe Balemba G, Malembaka EB, Migabo C, Mudumbi G, Bito V, Cliff J, Rigo JM, Chabwine JN. Konzo risk factors, determinants and etiopathogenesis: What is new? A systematic review. Neurotoxicology 2021; 85:54-67. [PMID: 33964344 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2021.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Konzo is a toxico-nutritional upper motor neuron disease causing a spastic paraparesis in schoolchildren and childbearing women in some African countries. Almost a century since the first description of konzo, its underlying etiopathogenic mechanisms and causative agent remain unknown. This paper aims at refreshing the current knowledge of konzo determinants and pathogenesis in order to enlighten potential new research and management perspectives. Literature research was performed in PubMed and Web of Science databases according to the PRISMA methodology. Available data show that cassava-derived cyanide poisoning and protein malnutrition constitute two well-documented risk factors of konzo. However, observational studies have failed to demonstrate the causal relationship between konzo and cyanide poisoning. Thiocyanate, the current marker of choice of cyanide exposure, may underestimate the actual level of cyanide poisoning in konzo patients as a larger amount of cyanide is detoxified via other unusual pathways in the context of protein malnutrition characterizing these patients. Furthermore, the appearance of konzo may be the consequence of the interplay of several factors including cyanide metabolites, nutritional deficiencies, psycho-emotional and geo-environmental factors, resulting in pathophysiologic phenomena such as excitotoxicity or oxidative stress, responsible for neuronal damage that takes place at sparse cellular and/or subcellular levels.
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- Marius Baguma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), UHasselt - Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; École Régionale de Santé Publique (ERSP), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- École Régionale de Santé Publique (ERSP), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), UHasselt - Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), UHasselt - Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Department of Neuroscience and Movement Science, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Zhong Y, Xu T, Wu X, Li K, Zhang P, Ji S, Li S, Zheng L, Lu B. Dietary exposure and risk assessment of cyanide via cassava consumption in Chinese population. Food Chem 2021; 354:129405. [PMID: 33770563 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The intake of cassava would probably induce adverse health effects since there are toxic cyanide in cassava. However, the risk assessment of cassava consumption has not been reported in China. Therefore, this paper aimed to evaluate the dietary risks of cassava cyanide and proposed a maximum residue limit (MRL) for cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) in cassava. The retention rate of CNGs and CN- were 61% and 11% after boiling, respectively. The acute dietary exposure of CN- and CNGs were 0.6-fold and 1.7-fold of acute risk reference dose, respectively. There was no chronic health risk across all populations concerning cassava consumption. The MRL of CNGs was proposed as 200 mg/kg in cassava. Risk assessment of cyanide for foods rich in CNGs was suggested to be based on CNGs quantification rather than that of CN-.
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- Yongheng Zhong
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Health Food Manufacturing and Quality Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Fuli Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Health Food Manufacturing and Quality Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Fuli Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- Analysis Center of Agrobiology and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Tropical Crop Germplasm Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Health Food Manufacturing and Quality Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Fuli Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- Analysis Center of Agrobiology and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Health Food Manufacturing and Quality Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Fuli Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China.
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Motor control and cognition deficits associated with protein carbamoylation in food (cassava) cyanogenic poisoning: Neurodegeneration and genomic perspectives. Food Chem Toxicol 2020; 148:111917. [PMID: 33296712 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A case-control design determined whether konzo, an upper motoneuron disease linked to food (cassava) toxicity was associated with protein carbamoylation and genetic variations. Exon sequences of thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (TST) or mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (MPST), plasma cyanide detoxification rates, and 2D-LC-MS/MS albumin carbamoylation were assessed in 40 children [21 konzo-affected and 19 putatively healthy controls, mean (SD) age: 9.2 (3.0) years] subjected to cognition and motor testing using the Kaufman Assessment Battery and the Bruininks/Oseretsky Test, respectively. Konzo was significantly associated with higher levels of carbamoylated peptides 206-219 (LDELRDEGKASSAK, pep1) after adjusting for age, gender, albumin concentrations and BUN [regression coefficient: 0.03 (95%CI:0.02-0.05), p = 0.01]. Levels of pep1 negatively correlated with performance scores at all modalities of motor proficiency (r = 0.38 to 0.61; all p < 0.01) or sequential processing (memory)(r = - 0.59, p = 0.00) and overall cognitive performance (r = - 0.48, p = 0.00) but positively with time needed for cyanide detoxification in plasma (r = 0.33, p = 0.04). Rare potentially damaging TST p.Arg206Cys (rs61742280) and MPST p.His317Tyr (rs1038542246) heterozygous variants were identified but with no impact on subject phenotypes. Protein carbamoylation appears to be a reliable marker for cassava related neurodegeneration.
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Rosas-Jarquín CDJ, Rivadeneyra-Domínguez E, León-Chávez BA, Nadella R, Sánchez-García ADC, Rembao-Bojórquez D, Rodríguez-Landa JF, Hernandez-Baltazar D. Chronic consumption of cassava juice induces cellular stress in rat substantia nigra. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2020; 23:93-101. [PMID: 32405352 PMCID: PMC7206837 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2019.38460.9131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) contains cyanogenic glycosides (linamarin and lotaustralin) that have been associated with neurological disorders in humans and rats. In basal ganglia, the dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) show high cytotoxic susceptibility; therefore, the chronic consumption of cassava (CCC) could induce neurodegeneration in SNpc. In this study we examine the impact of CCC on the integrity of the nigrostriatal system, including apoptosis and microgliosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Wistar rats were administered cassava juice daily (3.57 g/kg and 28.56 g/kg, per os) or linamarin (0.15 mg/ml, IP), and its effects were evaluated in rota-rod and swim tests at days 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35 of administration. In SNpc, oxidative/nitrosative stress was determined by malondialdehyde/4-hydroxyalkenals (MDA-4-HAD) and nitrite contents. Tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity (TH-IR) was evaluated in SNpc, neostriatum (NE), and nucleus accumbens (NA). Apoptosis and microgliosis were determined by active-caspase-3 (C3) and CD11b/c (OX42) expression in the medial region of SNpc. RESULTS Chronic administration of cassava juice, or linamarin, increased motor impairment. The rats that received 28.56 g/kg cassava showed increased MDA-4-HAD content in SNpc and nitrite levels in NE with respect to controls. Significant loss of TH-IR in SNpc, NE, and NA was not found. The 28.56 g/kg cassava administration produced dopaminergic atrophy and microgliosis, whereas linamarin induced hypertrophy and C3-related apoptosis in SNpc. CONCLUSION CCC induces cellular stress on dopaminergic neurons, which could contribute to motor impairment in the rat.
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- IIIT Srikakulam, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT); International collaboration ID: 1840; India
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- Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “Manuel Velasco Suárez”. Ciudad de México. Mexico
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Rivadeneyra-Domínguez E, Rodríguez-Landa JF. Preclinical and clinical research on the toxic and neurological effects of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) consumption. Metab Brain Dis 2020; 35:65-74. [PMID: 31802307 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-019-00522-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a tropical plant that is used as fresh food, processed food, or raw material for the preparation of flours with high nutritional value. However, cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides, such as linamarin and lotaustralin, that can trigger severe toxic effects and some neurological disorders, including motor impairment, cognitive deterioration, and symptoms that characterize tropical ataxic neuropathy and spastic epidemic paraparesis (Konzo). These alterations that are associated with the consumption of cassava or its derivatives have been reported in both humans and experimental animals. The present review discusses and integrates preclinical and clinical evidence that indicates the toxic and neurological effects of cassava and its derivatives by affecting metabolic processes and the central nervous system. An exhaustive review of the literature was performed using specialized databases that focused on the toxic and neurological effects of the consumption of cassava and its derivatives. We sought to provide structured information that will contribute to understanding the undesirable effects of some foods and preventing health problems in vulnerable populations who consume these vegetables. Cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides that contribute to the development of neurological disorders when they are ingested inappropriately or for prolonged periods of time. Such high consumption can affect neurochemical and neurophysiological processes in particular brain structures and affect peripheral metabolic processes that impact wellness. Although some vegetables have high nutritional value and ameliorate food deficits in vulnerable populations, they can also predispose individuals to the development of neurological diseases.
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- E Rivadeneyra-Domínguez
- Facultad de Química Farmacéutica Biológica, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, 91000, Veracruz, Mexico.
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- Facultad de Química Farmacéutica Biológica, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, 91000, Veracruz, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, 91190, Veracruz, Mexico
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Long L, Yuan X, Cao S, Han Y, Liu W, Chen Q, Han Z, Wang K. Determination of Cyanide in Water and Food Samples Using an Efficient Naphthalene-Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:10784-10790. [PMID: 31460176 PMCID: PMC6649237 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Monitoring cyanide levels in water and food samples is crucial. Herein, we rationally developed a simple and efficient fluorescent probe for cyanide determination. The probe displayed selective ratiometric fluorescent response to cyanide. In addition, after treatment with cyanide, the fluorescence ratios (I 509/I 466) exhibited a good linearity with cyanide concentration in the range of 0-60 μM, and the detection limit was determined to be 0.23 μM (S/N = 3). Significantly, the practical application demonstrated that the probe was able to quantitatively detect cyanide concentration in natural water samples. Monitoring of endogenous cyanide in cherry nut by the probe was also successfully conducted. Notably, upon fabrication of test strips, the probe could be conveniently utilized for field measurement of cyanide in bitter almond without relying on sophistical instruments. Furthermore, the cyanide in potato tissues was determined for the first time by means of fluorescence imaging.
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- Lingliang Long
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and School of the Environment and Safety
Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for
Life Science, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, P. R. China
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Kashala-Abotnes E, Sombo MT, Okitundu DL, Kunyu M, Bumoko Makila-Mabe G, Tylleskär T, Sikorskii A, Banea JP, Mumba Ngoyi D, Tshala-Katumbay D, Boivin MJ. Dietary cyanogen exposure and early child neurodevelopment: An observational study from the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193261. [PMID: 29664942 PMCID: PMC5903613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Dietary cyanogen exposure from ingesting bitter (toxic) cassava as a main source of food in sub-Saharan Africa is related to neurological impairments in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored possible association with early child neurodevelopmental outcomes. Methods We undertook a cross-sectional neurodevelopmental assessment of 12–48 month-old children using the Mullen Scale of Early Learning (MSEL) and the Gensini Gavito Scale (GGS). We used the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-10 (HSCL-10) and Goldberg Depression Anxiety Scale (GDAS) to screen for symptoms of maternal depression-anxiety. We used the cyanogen content in household cassava flour and urinary thiocyanate (SCN) as biomarkers of dietary cyanogen exposure. We employed multivariable generalized linear models (GLM) with Gamma link function to determine predictors of early child neurodevelopmental outcomes. Results The mean (SD) and median (IQR) of cyanogen content of cassava household flour were above the WHO cut-off points of 10 ppm (52.18 [32·79]) and 50 (30–50) ppm, respectively. Mean (SD) urinary levels of thiocyanate and median (IQR) were respectively 817·81 (474·59) and 688 (344–1032) μmole/l in mothers, and 617·49 (449·48) and 688 (344–688) μmole/l in children reflecting individual high levels as well as a community-wide cyanogenic exposure. The concentration of cyanide in cassava flour was significantly associated with early child neurodevelopment, motor development and cognitive ability as indicated by univariable linear regression (p < 0.05). After adjusting for biological and socioeconomic predictors at multivariable analyses, fine motor proficiency and child neurodevelopment remained the main predictors associated with the concentration of cyanide in cassava flour: coefficients of -0·08 to -.15 (p < 0·01). We also found a significant association between child linear growth, early child neurodevelopment, cognitive ability and motor development at both univariable and multivariable linear regression analyses coefficients of 1.44 to 7.31 (p < 0·01). Conclusion Dietary cyanogen exposure is associated with early child neurodevelopment, cognitive abilities and motor development, even in the absence of clinically evident paralysis. There is a need for community-wide interventions for better cassava processing practices for detoxification, improved nutrition, and neuro-rehabilitation, all of which are essential for optimal development in exposed children.
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- Espérance Kashala-Abotnes
- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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- National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
- Department of Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Boivin MJ, Mohanty A, Sikorskii A, Vokhiwa M, Magen JG, Gladstone M. Early and middle childhood developmental, cognitive, and psychiatric outcomes of Malawian children affected by retinopathy positive cerebral malaria. Child Neuropsychol 2018; 25:81-102. [PMID: 29570016 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2018.1451497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The objective is to determine the short -and long-term developmental, cognitive, and psychiatric effects of retinopathy positive cerebral malaria (CM-R) among young children in a prospective study assessing them around the onset of disease and again 2 years at preschool and again at school age. In total, 109 children were recruited from the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, (N = 49) with CM-R and non-malaria controls (N = 60). Children were assessed for overall motor, language, and social skills using the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT) at preschool age. At school age, the same children were then given the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, second edition (KABC-II), which assessed global cognitive performancememory, and learning; as well as the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), which assessed attention. The Achenbach Child Development Checklist (CBCL) was administered at both time points to assess emotional and behavioral patterns. Controls scored significantly better on all KABC-II global domains as well as on the mental processing index than their CM-R group counterparts, but showed no performance differences in the TOVA and CBCL assessments at school age, or in the MDAT and CBCL assessments at preschool age. The MDAT total score was significantly correlated with the KABC-II sequential processing, learning, and mental processing index among CM-R survivors but not among controls. Persisting neurocognitive effects of CM can be captured with the KABC-II at school age. The MDAT at preschool age is correlated with the KABC-II among CM-R survivors and can be used to capture early emerging developmental deficits due to CM-R.
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- Michael J Boivin
- a Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology & Ophthalmology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , USA.,b Department of Psychiatry , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- c College of Osteopathic Medicine , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan , USA
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- d Psychiatry and Statistics & Probability , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan , USA
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- e Department of Psychology , Chancellor College - University of Malawi , Zomba , Malawi
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- f Department of Psychiatry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan , USA
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- g Paediatrics and Neurodisability , Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool , Liverpool , UK
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