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Table 2 Summary of adsorbents with mycotoxins mitigation effectsa

From: Invited review: Remediation strategies for mycotoxin control in feed

Adsorbent

Mycotoxins

Binding efficiency

Reference

Zeolite

AFB1

Decreased AFB1 residue in duck meat by 65% significantly and numerically decreased AFB1 residue in liver and egg.

[64]

Bentonite clay

AFB1

Decreased liver AFB1 residue by 41-87% when broilers fed AFB1 in diet.

[65]

Sodium bentonite

AFB1

Decreased liver AFB1 residue by 62.5% when broilers fed AFB1 in diet.

[66]

Modified maifanite

ZEN

Decreased ZEN residue in liver and muscle by 54.96% and 42.41% respectively at the dose of 1% when pig fed 1.11 mg/kg AFB1 in diet.

[67]

Bentonite or montmorillonite

AFB1, ZEN

Decreased rumen concentration of AFB1 and ZEN, decreased AFM1 in milk and ZEN in feces.

[68]

Organo-clay composites

AFB1

Decreased AFB1 concentrations in liver, kidney and plasma significantly in chickens.

[69]

Tri-octahedral bentonite

DON, ZEN

Adsorbed more than 90% of ZEN and FB1 while the adsorption dose up to 0.20%, w/v.

[70]

Pillared montmorillonite

DON

Adsorbed 14.7-23.4% and 21.8-27.4% of DON at at pH 2.0 and pH 6.8.

[71]

Nonionic surfactant octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether modified montmorillonites

AFB1, ZEN

The adsorption capacities of modified montmorillonites to AFB1 and ZEN increased up to 2.78 and 8.54 mg/g respectively from 0.51 and 0.00 mg/g by the raw montmorillonite.

[72]

Hydrated sodium calcium alumino silicate

AFB1, FB1

Adsorbed AFB1and FB1 in an aqueous solution, and the adsorption ratio ranged from 95.3% to 99.1% and 84.7% to 92.4%, respectively.

[73]

Modified Hydrated sodium calcium alumino silicate

DON

Reduced the toxicity of DON in weaning piglets.

[16]

Esterified glucomannan

AFs, ZEN, DON

Adsorbed 95%, 80% and 12% of aflatoxin, ZEN and DON.

[73, 74]

Inactivated yeast cell wall and low Yeast fermenting volatile organic compound

AFs, DON

Decreased AFs and DON synthesis by 82% and 93% respectively.

[75]

Distillers' wet grain, distillers' dried grains and distillers' dried grain with solubles

DON, ZEN

Adsorbed 48.9% and 67.9% of DON and ZEN (1 ppm each) using 5 g/L of micronized (20 mkm) yeast mass at 37 °C for 1h.

[76]

Yeast cell wall extract

ZEN

Adsorbed 40% of the total ZEN content in the intestines in monogastric animals.

[77, 78]

Activated charcoal

AFB1, ZEN

Reduced the toxicity of AFB1 on broilers and decreased the absorption rate of ZEN in small intestine from 32% to 5% when adding 2%.

[79, 80]

Cholestyramine

ZEN

Decreased the absorption rate of ZEN in small intestine from 32% to 16%.

[80]

Magnetic carbon nanocomposites

AFB1

Adsorbed nearly 90% of AFB1 within 180 min at pH 7.0.

[81]

Cross-lined chitosan polymers

AFB1, ZEN, FB1, DON

Adsorbed 73% AFB1, 94% ZEN and 99% FB1, but the adsorption ratio of DON less than 30%.

[82]

Polyvinylpyrrolidone

ZEN

Adsorbed 2.1 mg/g of ZEN.

[83]

Lactobacillus casei

AFB1

Reduced the absorption of aflatoxin in the intestinal tract significantly.

[84]

Lactobacillus plantarum F22

AFB1

Adsorbed 56.8% of AFB1.

[85]

Lactobacillus plantarum B7

FB1

Adsorbed 52.9% of FB1.

[86]

Lactobacillus pentosus X8

FB1

Adsorbed 58% of FB1.

[86]

  1. aAFs Aflatoxins, AFB1 Aflatoxin B1, DON deoxynivalenol, ZEN: zearalenone; FB1: fumonisin B1