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Biology and Biochemistry
South Africa
2025

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations
14005
World Ranking
9714
National Ranking
12

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  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Gordon S. Shephard is affiliated with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work includes subfields such as Plant Science, Cancer Research, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including:

  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research

Gordon S. Shephard has contributed to several recent papers. These include:

  • "Enzymatic detoxification of the fumonisin mycotoxins during dry milling of maize," published in 2020 in Food Control
  • "Multi-mycotoxin exposure of children (0-24 months) in rural maize-subsistence farming areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa," published in 2020 in World Mycotoxin Journal
  • "Professor Wentzel C.A. Gelderblom (1951-2021)," published in 2021 in World Mycotoxin Journal

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • World Mycotoxin Journal
  • Food Control

Their research collaborations involve several co-authors, with whom they have multiple publications. These co-authors include:

  • J.F. Alberts
  • John P. Rheeder
  • W.C.A. Gelderblom
  • Ibtisaam Davids
  • W. Moll

Best Publications

  • Workgroup Report: Public Health Strategies for Reducing Aflatoxin Exposure in Developing Countries

    Heather Strosnider;Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner;Marianne Bänziger;Ramesh V. Bhat

  • Quantitative Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection

    G. S. Shephard;E. W. Sydenham;P. G. Thiel;W. C. A. Gelderblom

  • Worldwide Survey of Fumonisin Contamination of Corn and Corn-Based Products

    Gordon S Shephard;Pieter G Thiel;Sonja Stockenström;Eric W Sydenham

  • Aflatoxins and growth impairment: A review

    Pornsri Khlangwiset;Gordon S. Shephard;Felicia Wu

  • Fumonisin Contamination of Commercial Corn-Based Human Foodstuffs

    Eric W. Sydenham;Gordon S. Shephard;Pieter G. Thiel;Walter F. O. Marasas

  • Impact of mycotoxins on human health in developing countries.

    Shephard Gs

  • The implications of naturally occurring levels of fumonisins in corn for human and animal health.

    Pieter G. Thiel;Walter F. O. Marasas;Eric W. Sydenham;Gordon S. Shephard

  • Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food in Africa.

    Gordon S. Shephard

  • Determination of mycotoxins in human foods

    Gordon Seymour Shephard

  • Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 in Corn: AOAC–IUPAC Collaborative Study

    Eric W. Sydenham;Gordon Seymour Shephard;PG Thiel;Sonja Stockenström

  • Levels of fumonisins B1 and B2 in feeds associated with confirmed cases of equine leukoencephalomalacia

    Pieter G. Thiel;Gordon S. Shephard;Eric W. Sydenham;Walter F. O. Marasas

  • Liquid Chromatographic Determinationof Fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 in Foods and Feeds

    Eric W Sydenham;Gordon S Shephard;Peter G Thiel

  • Aflatoxin analysis at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

    Gordon S. Shephard

  • Mycotoxin contamination of foods in Southern Africa: A 10-year review (2007–2016)

    J M Misihairabgwi;C N Ezekiel;M Sulyok;G S Shephard

  • Aflatoxin and food safety: Recent African perspectives

    Gordon S. Shephard

  • Developments in mycotoxin analysis: an update for 2010-2011

    G.S. Shephard;F. Berthiller;P. Burdaspal;C. Crews

  • Degradation of microcystin toxins in a falling film photocatalytic reactor with immobilized titanium dioxide catalyst

    Gordon S. Shephard;Sonja Stockenström;David de Villiers;Willem J. Engelbrecht

  • Chromatographic determination of the fumonisin mycotoxins

    G.S Shephard

  • Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn from Iran.

    Gordon S. Shephard;Walter F. O. Marasas;Norma L. Leggott;Hassan Yazdanpanah

  • Exposure assessment for fumonisins in the former Transkei region of South Africa

    G. S. Shephard;W. F. O. Marasas;H.-M. Burger;N. I. M. Somdyala

Frequent Co-Authors

Wentzel C. A. Gelderblom
Wentzel C. A. Gelderblom Stellenbosch University
John P. Rheeder
John P. Rheeder Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Walter F. O. Marasas
Walter F. O. Marasas Stellenbosch University
Rudolf Krska
Rudolf Krska BOKU University
Michele Solfrizzo
Michele Solfrizzo National Research Council (CNR)
Michael Sulyok
Michael Sulyok BOKU University
Franz Berthiller
Franz Berthiller BOKU University
Carl E. Pray
Carl E. Pray Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Angelo Visconti
Angelo Visconti International Sleep Products Association
John F. Leslie
John F. Leslie Kansas State University

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