Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the December 17, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) forecasts that the human population will increase by 30% by 2050 (FAO, 2019) with corresponding increase in demand for food. Animal protein, the largest c...
Article published the December 15, 2021:
IntroductionThe gastrointestinal (GI) tract of humans and animals is populated with a diverse group of microbes known as the microbiota that include bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, and viruses, with bacteri...
Article published the December 14, 2021:
1. IntroductionMycotoxin studies have been gaining prominence since the second half of the 20th century, and deoxynivalenol (DON) or vomitoxin (H15O20O6, Figure 1) is among the most well-known among these toxin...
Article published the December 10, 2021:
IntroductionThere has been interest in the utilization of actively growing natural microorganisms for the competitive exclusion of toxigenic fungal species or by using their naturally produced metabolites for i...
Article published the December 7, 2021:
1. IntroductionOne of the main toxic factors in dairy products is the concentration of mycotoxins, which are secondary metabolites produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom [1]. They can cause diseases and ev...
Article published the December 7, 2021:
1. Introduction 1.1. General Remarks for MycotoxinsMycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by aerobic, mycelial, microscopic fungi, especially from the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium ...
Article published the December 3, 2021:
1. IntroductionMycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by various fungi on diverse agricultural commodities. The accumulation of mycotoxins in food and feedstuffs represents a major threat to h...
Article published the December 3, 2021:
IntroductionSecondary metabolites (SMs) are low-molecular-weight metabolites that are not required for growth or development, but instead provide ecological advantages under certain environmental conditions. Mi...
Article published the December 2, 2021:
1. IntroductionIntensive agriculture and climate change can lead to the proliferation of microscopic fungi, which can cause severe economic and health damage through their toxin production. Fusarium species inf...
Article published the November 10, 2021:
The safety and quality of feed materials, such as grain, is a high-profile topic of great importance. Grain is an important and significant source of contamination in the food chain and it also carries the risk...