ABSTRACT

Peanut is a legume crop that belongs to the family Fabaceae, botanically named as Arachishypogaea. Peanuts are consumed in many forms such as boiled peanuts, peanut oil, peanut butter, roasted peanuts and added peanut meal in snack food, energy bars and candies. Peanuts are considered as important source of nutrients. These peanut can be easily affected with Filamentous fungi producing toxic secondary metabolites called mycotoxins that may affect the health of the individual’s especially in developing countries and where there is a lack of food security, quality and food insufficiency. One such mycotoxin called aflatoxins it is toxic metabolites produced by Aspergillus, which includes the species like A. flavus, A. parasiticus, and A. nomius. It is highly toxic and significant risk factor for liver and kidney causes cancer, teratogenicity, under nutrition and micronutrient malabsorption in both animals and humans. The present review focused on one such food of peanut and their composition in terms of essential biomolecules and their biological purposes. It highlights the effectiveness of considering peanuts as a vital component in human diet due to its nutritional values, also deliberates the association between consumption of fungus infected peanuts and their effect on human health and physiology. Keywords: Peanut, Aflatoxins, Mycotoxins, Secondary metabolites, Aspergillus sps.
Publication date: 01/07/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.7.5110