Abstract

Mycotoxins are natural contaminants of several agricultural products and derivatives produced as secondarymetabolites by several filamentous fungal species. Their presence in food and feed can cause serious risks to humanand animal health due to adverse toxic effects; therefore maximum permitted levels have been fixed for the majoroccurring mycotoxins in several commodities at European and international level. The mycotoxins of major concernare: the aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 is the most potent naturally occurring carcinogen known), the trichothecenes(a structurally related family of cytotoxic compounds) including deoxynivalenol (DON), T-2 and HT-2 toxins, thezearalenone (a potent estrogenic mycotoxin), the fumonisins (predominantly fumonisin B1, a possible carcinogen tohumans) and the ochratoxins (predominantly ochratoxin A, a potent nephrotoxin). Sensitive, reliable and accuratemethods of analysis are hence required to gather adequate information on the levels of exposure to these mycotoxinsand to fulfill regulatory requirements.

Autore Pugliese

• Pascale Michelangelo

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• Pascale M.

Titolo volume/Rivista

New food

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

1461-4642

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