Dr Liana van der Westhuizen
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Research Associate, Biological Sciences
South Africa
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My Publications
Mycotoxins produced by Fusarium proliferatum and F. pseudonygamai on maize, sorghum and...
International Journal of Food Microbiology
February 2019
Differential modulation of the lipid metabolism as a model for cellular resistance to f...
Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
June 2016
Fusariumspecies and fumonisins in subsistence maize in the former Transkei region, Sout...
Food Additives and Contaminants Part B
April 2016
Relative severity of fumonisin contamination of cereal crops in West Africa
Food Additives & Contaminants Part A
September 2015
Multiple mycotoxin exposure determined by urinary biomarkers in rural subsistence farme...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
December 2013
Mycological Analysis and Multimycotoxins in Maize from Rural Subsistence Farmers in the...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
August 2013
Fumonisin biomarkers in maize eaters and implications for human disease
World Mycotoxin Journal
August 2013
Effect of the traditional cooking practice on fumonisin content of maize porridge consu...
World Mycotoxin Journal
November 2012
Single-kernel analysis of fumonisins and other fungal metabolites in maize from South A...
Food Additives & Contaminants Part A
August 2011
HPLC determination of fumonisin mycotoxins in maize: A comparative study of naphthalene...
Journal of Chromatography B
August 2011
Occurrence of the C-series fumonisins in maize from the former Transkei region of South...
Food Additives & Contaminants Part A
July 2011
Optimising sorting and washing of home-grown maize to reduce fumonisin contamination un...
Food Control
March 2011
Fumonisin B1 as a Urinary Biomarker of Exposure in a Maize Intervention Study Among Sou...
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
January 2011
Simple intervention method to reduce fumonisin exposure in a subsistence maize-farming ...
Food Additives & Contaminants Part A
November 2010
Dietary fumonisin exposure in a rural population of South Africa
Food and Chemical Toxicology
August 2010
Individual fumonisin exposure and sphingoid base levels in rural populations consuming ...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
June 2010
Preliminary exposure assessment of deoxynivalenol and patulin in South Africa
Mycotoxin Research
April 2010
Determination of fumonisins in maize by HPLC with ultraviolet detection of o-phthaldial...
Mycotoxin Research
November 2009
Occurrence of fumonisins in maize imported into Iran during 2001–2002
Mycotoxin Research
January 2009
Sphingoid base levels in humans consuming fumonisin-contaminated maize in rural areas o...
Food Additives & Contaminants Part A
November 2008
Biomarkers of exposure to fumonisin mycotoxins: A review
Food Additives & Contaminants
October 2007
Exposure assessment for fumonisins in the former Transkei region of South Africa
Food Additives & Contaminants
June 2007
Structure and Natural Occurrence of Stereoisomers of the Fumonisin B Series Mycotoxins
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
May 2007
Incidence ofFusarium verticillioidesand Levels of Fumonisins in Corn from Main Producti...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
August 2006
Human Dietary Exposure to Fumonisin B1 from Iranian Maize Harvested During 1998–2000
Mycopathologia
June 2006
Do Fumonisin Mycotoxins Occur in Wheat?
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
November 2005
Fumonisin Mycotoxins in Traditional Xhosa Maize Beer in South Africa
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
November 2005
Fumonisin production by Fusarium species isolated from freshly harvested corn in Iran
Mycopathologia
January 2005
Disruption of sphingolipid biosynthesis in hepatocyte nodules: selective proliferative ...
Toxicology
July 2004
Fumonisin Contamination andFusariumIncidence in Corn from Santa Catarina, Brazil
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
August 2003
Mycoflora and Fumonisin Mycotoxins Associated with Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp] ...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
April 2003
The effect of repeated gavage doses of fumonisin B 1 on the sphinganine and sphingosin...
Toxicon
July 2001
The effect of a single gavage dose of fumonisin B2 on the sphinganine and sphingosine c...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
May 2001
The effect of a single gavage dose of fumonisin B1 on the sphinganine and sphingosine l...
Toxicon
February 2001
Sphinganine/Sphingosine ratio in plasma and urine as a possible biomarker for fumonisin...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
December 1999
Inhibition of Sphingolipid Biosynthesis in Rat Primary Hepatocyte Cultures by Fumonisin...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
June 1998
Liquid chromatographic determination of the sphinganine/sphingosine ratio in serum
Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications
June 1998
Effect of fumonisin B1 on the levels and fatty acid composition of selected lipids in r...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
July 1997
The cancer-promoting potential of fumonisin B1 in rat liver using diethylnitrosamine as...
Cancer Letters
December 1996
Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism in non-human primates consuming diets of fumonisi...
Toxicon
May 1996
Effect of fumonisin B1 on protein and lipid synthesis in primary rat hepatocytes
Food and Chemical Toxicology
April 1996
Hepatotoxicity and -Carcinogenicity of the Fumonisins in Rats
January 1996
Reduction of patulin in apple juice samples — influence of initial processing
Food Control
August 1995
Mitoinhibitory effect of fumonisin B1 on rat hepatocytes in primary culture
Carcinogenesis
January 1995
Fumonisin‐contaminated maise: Physical treatment for the partial decontamination of bul...
Food Additives & Contaminants
January 1994
Determination of amino acids in the hepatic and brain tissue of the rat by gas chromato...
Journal of High Resolution Chromatography
September 1991
Analysis of vitamin B6 vitamers in human tissue by cation-exchange high-performance liq...
Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications
January 1989
Chapter 6. Biomarkers of Exposure: Mycotoxins – Aflatoxin, Deoxynivalenol and Fum...
