Worldwide occurrence of mycotoxins in cereals and cereal-derived food products: Public health perspectives of their co-occurrence

HJ Lee, D Ryu - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cereal grains and their processed food products are frequently contaminated with
mycotoxins. Among many, five major mycotoxins of aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins …

Fusarium Mycotoxins, Their Metabolites (Free, Emerging, and Masked), Food Safety Concerns, and Health Impacts

TI Ekwomadu, SA Akinola, M Mwanza - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genus Fusarium produces a number of mycotoxins of diverse chemical structures.
Fusariotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi of the genus Fusarium …

Rapid and sensitive detection of mycotoxins by advanced and emerging analytical methods: A review

J Singh, A Mehta - Food science & nutrition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of mycotoxins in foodstuffs is extremely difficult as a limited amount of toxins
are known to be presented in the food samples. Mycotoxins are secondary toxic metabolites …

Fungal mycotoxins in food commodities: present status and future concerns

AK Pandey, MK Samota, A Kumar, AS Silva… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi when they colonies the
foodstuffs. These are potent toxins having severe health consequences in people, being …

A review on ochratoxin A occurrence and effects of processing of cereal and cereal derived food products

SC Duarte, A Pena, CM Lino - Food microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) continues to grab global attention and concern for the hazard and
impact that embody for both human and animals, based on its toxicity and occurrence …

Occurrence of mycotoxins in dried fruits worldwide, with a focus on aflatoxins and ochratoxin A: A review

MÁ González-Curbelo, B Kabak - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dried fruits are popular and nutritious snacks consumed worldwide due to their long shelf
life and concentrated nutrient content. However, fruits can be contaminated with various …

The existing methods and novel approaches in mycotoxins' detection

E Janik, M Niemcewicz, M Podogrocki, M Ceremuga… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxins represent a wide range of secondary, naturally occurring and practically
unavoidable fungal metabolites. They contaminate various agricultural commodities like …

Determination of mycotoxins in foods: current state of analytical methods and limitations

R Köppen, M Koch, D Siegel, S Merkel, R Maul… - Applied microbiology …, 2010 - Springer
Mycotoxins are natural contaminants produced by a range of fungal species. Their common
occurrence in food and feed poses a threat to the health of humans and animals. This threat …

Co-occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in dried fruits in Iran: Dietary exposure risk assessment

A Heshmati, T Zohrevand, AM Khaneghah… - Food and Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the contamination levels of aflatoxins (AFs) and ochratoxin A (OTA) in 88
collected samples from Iran's market including dried mulberry, date, fig, and apricot were …

Occurrence and legislation of mycotoxins in food and feed from Morocco

A Zinedine, J Mañes - Food Control, 2009 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are natural food and feed contaminants, mainly produced by moulds of genera
Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium. The number of mycotoxins known to exert toxic effect …