Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the December 3, 2018:
1. Introducción
Chitin (C8H13O5N)n) is a long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine (Figure 1(a)), a derivative of glucose, and is found in many places globally. It is the main component of the cell wa...
Article published the November 8, 2018:
Research on compounds derived from microbial sources has been of great importance due to the broad structural diversity and the variety of biological activities reported for this type of molecules (1), such as ...
Article published the November 8, 2018:
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Article published the October 25, 2018:
Article published the October 16, 2018:
The final days of the corn crop season in US brings unusual weather patterns as it has throughout the growing season. While a good portion of the production area faced long dry periods, such as in KS, MO, IA, A...
Article published the October 4, 2018:
Introduction
Brazilian banana farming stands out among the five largest in the world with an approximate production of 6.8 million tonnes in 464.5 thousand planted hectares (IBGE, 2016). Currently, the Brazi...
Article published the September 27, 2018:
In 2010, Kenyan authorities reported that 2.3 million bags of corn harvested in that country had been contaminated with fungal poisons known as aflatoxins.1 These toxins—which include aflatoxin B1, t...
Article published the September 20, 2018:
Introduction
Maize is an important staple food in most countries in Africa including West Africa (Shiferaw et al., 2011) where infants being weaned off mothers’ milk rely mostly on maize flour for nutrit...