Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) Status, Aflatoxins and Neotanal Jaundice

Abstract

Summary: In the present study of G-6 PD status, aflatoxins and neonatal jaundice, involving, 78 jaundiced and control in-born babies and 124 jaundiced and control out-born infants, G-6 PD was deficient in more male jaundiced babies (in-and out-borns) than in the controls (P0.05), or in the controls (P>0.05). The frequency of aflatoxin detection in peripheral blood in relation to G-6-PD status and the presence or absence of jaundice.