Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi and represent one of the most
common groups of food contaminants with low molecular weight. These toxins are …

Mycotoxins are well established toxic metabolic entities produced when fungi invade
agricultural/farm produce, and this happens especially when the conditions are favourable …

The interactions between mycotoxins and gut microbiota were discovered early in animals
and explained part of the differences in susceptibility to mycotoxins among species. Isolation …

Zearalenone (ZEA), a global mycotoxin commonly found in a variety of grain products and
animal feed, causes damage to the gastrointestinal tract, immune organs, liver and …

While food shortages have become an important challenge, providing safe food resources is
a point of interest on a global scale. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites that are formed …

Mycotoxins represent an assorted range of secondary fungal metabolites that extensively
occur in numerous food and feed ingredients at any stage during pre-and post-harvest …

Background Exposure to zearalenone (ZEN, a widespread Fusarium mycotoxin) causes
reproductive toxicity and immunotoxicity in farm animals, and it then poses potential threats …

Cereal grains are the most important food staples for human beings and livestock animals.
They can be processed into various types of food and feed products such as bread, pasta …

Zearalenone (ZEA) is an estrogenic fusariotoxin, being classified as a phytoestrogen, or as a
mycoestrogen. ZEA and its metabolites are able to bind to estrogen receptors, 17β-estradiol …

Mycotoxins are low-molecular weight compounds produced mainly by fungi, with Fusarium
and Aspergillus origin. Secondary, metabolites, are mostly found on plants. However, the …