Some diseases and their treatments

"Onwuejeogwu and Okoro recognized three categories of traditional medical practitioners according to their specific functions: 1. ""Dibia Afa"" - specialist in the processes of divination. They were essentially priests who attributed their successes to the ""voices"" of deities (arusi); ancestors or spirit (mmuo) in response to incantations and the throwing of ""afa seeds""."

Aflatoxin and human diseases

Fungi invasion of our agricultural products and food lead to mouldiness and production of mycotoxin . These mycotoxin are toxic secondary metabolites elaborated by the fungi. They can cause diseases generally referred to as mycotoxicoses; the fungi per se are not involved in the disease process. One of such secondary metabolites of mouldiness is aflatoxin (which are exotoxin). The aflatoxin - producing species of fungi belong to the genus aspergillus Micheli 1729; which forms a large proportion of all the moulds encountered in our agricultural and industrial works. Their contamination of the foods and feeds (maize; sorghum; millet; rice; wheat soyabean etc) constitute an important toxicological hazard