Nurshad Ali
The COVID-19 outbreak is a great threat to public health worldwide. Lung injury is the main outcome of COVID-19 infection; however, damage can occur in other organs including the liver. Currently, limited data are available that link underlying liver injury with the severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. This...
Sadaqur Rahman, Shiful Islam, Md Tangigul Haque, Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak et al.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major contributing factor to cardiovascular disease and is a leading cause of death in the world. The association between hepatic enzymes and hypertension has been reported in limited studies and the findings are inconsistent; data from Bangladeshi adults are not availa...
Nurshad Ali, Khaled Hossain
INTRODUCTION: The outbreak of COVID-19 is a serious health threat worldwide. Different degrees of liver injury or liver dysfunctions have been reported in patients with COVID-19 infection. However, currently, it remains unclear to what extent liver diseases should be considered as significant risk f...
Nurshad Ali, Md. Ashraful Hoque, Abedul Haque, Kazi Abdus Salam et al.
BACKGROUND: Arsenic is a potent pollutant that has caused an environmental catastrophe in certain parts of the world including Bangladesh where millions of people are presently at risk due to drinking water contaminated by arsenic. Chronic arsenic exposure has been scientifically shown as a cause fo...
Nurshad Ali
Citrinin (CIT) and ochratoxin A (OTA) are nephrotoxic mycotoxins, produced by several Aspergillus and Penicillium species and their co-occurrence in rice may cause health effects in humans. Rice is an important food crop worldwide and is a major staple food in Asia which may be invaded by CIT and OT...
Nurshad Ali, Abu Hasan Sumon, Khandaker Atkia Fariha, Md Asaduzzaman et al.
Abstract Obesity is a global health concern because of its increasing trend both in developed and developing countries. A limited number of studies have evaluated the association of liver enzymes with both general and abdominal obesity in the general population; data for the Bangladeshi population a...
Nurshad Ali, Gisela H. Degen
Zearalenone (ZEN), a mycotoxin with estrogenic activity, can exert adverse endocrine effects in mammals and is thus of concern for humans. ZEN is found in cereal crops and grain-based foods, often along with modified ('masked') forms usually not detected in routine contaminant analysis, e.g., ZEN-O-...
Nurshad Ali, Shakil Mahmood, M. Manirujjaman, Rasheda Perveen et al.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a global health issue and is currently increasing at rapid pace in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. Although, some studies on hypertension have been conducted in Bangladesh, there is a lack of scientific evidence in the adult student population that was missing...
Gisela H. Degen, Nurshad Ali, Ursula Gundert‐Remy
Citrinin (CIT), a fungal metabolite causing nephrotoxicity, has a tolerable daily intake (TDI) value of 0.2μg/kg bw. Contamination of food with CIT is not sufficiently known to allow dietary exposure assessment. Urinary biomonitoring data are available from cohorts of several countries. However, kin...
Noyan Hossain Molla, Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak, Abu Hasan Sumon, Zitu Barman et al.
Serum uric acid (SUA) level has been suggested to be associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. However, little is known about the relationship between SUA and liver enzymes activity in the general population. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between S...
Nazmul Huda, Shakhawoat Hossain, Mashiur Rahman, Md. Rezaul Karim et al.
Blood uric acid has been recognized as a putative marker for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). CVDs are the major causes of arsenic-related morbidity and mortality. However, the association of arsenic exposure with plasma uric acid (PUA) levels in relation to CVDs has not yet been explored. This study...
Nurshad Ali, Nayan Chandra Mohanto, Shaikh Mirja Nurunnabi, Md Tangigul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: Obesity and hypertension are global health concerns. Both are linked with increased risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Several early studies reported the prevalence of obesity and hypertension in Bangladeshi adults, but the associated factors in this country population are ...
Nurshad Ali, Khaled Hossain, Gisela H. Degen
Citrinin (CIT) and Ochratoxin A (OTA) are nephrotoxic mycotoxins which can co-occur in food commodities, resulting in internal exposure. Studies in many countries reported on the presence of OTA in human blood; however, such biomonitoring data for CIT is still scarce. This study was conducted to cha...
Abu Hasan Sumon, Farjana Islam, Nayan Chandra Mohanto, Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak et al.
As milk provides both micro- and macronutrients, it is an important component in the diet. However, the presence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in the feed of dairy cattle results in contamination of milk and dairy products with aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a toxic metabolite of the carcinogenic mycotoxin. With the...
Nurshad Ali, Meinolf Blaszkewicz, Khaled Hossain, Gisela H. Degen
Aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ), a hepatocarcinogen and highly toxic mycotoxin, is a contaminant of food commodities, especially in hot and humid climates that favour the growth of aflatoxin-producing fungi. As data on AFB 1 contamination of food and feed in Bangladesh are scarce, we conducted an initial scr...