A critical review on starch-based electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for wound healing application.

Starch-based nanofibrous scaffolds exhibit a potential wound healing processes as they are cost-effective, flexible, and biocompatible. Recently, natural polymers have received greater importance in regenerative medicine, mainly in the process of healing wounds and burns due to their unique properties which also include safety, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. In this respect, starch is considered to be one of the reliable natural polymers to promote the process of wound healing at a significantly faster rate.

Co-occurrence of mycotoxins, aflatoxin biosynthetic precursors, and metabolites in garlic ( L) marketed in Zaria, Nigeria.

Multi-mycotoxin analysis of 72 samples of garlic bulbs sold in Zaria markets was carried out using a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. The results indicated the presence of seven major mycotoxins, including aflatoxin B1 (AFB), ochratoxin A (OTA), and the fumonisins B, B, B, B, and B, at different levels of contamination. AFB1 and OTA were detected in 1 of the 72 samples (1.