Alternaria Mycotoxins in Food and Feed: An Overview

L Escrivá, S Oueslati, G Font… - Journal of Food …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alternaria is one of the major mycotoxigenic fungal genera with more than 70 reported
metabolites. Alternaria mycotoxins showed notably toxicity, such as mutagenicity …

Alternaria in Food: Ecophysiology, Mycotoxin Production and Toxicology

HB Lee, A Patriarca, N Magan - Mycobiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Alternaria species are common saprophytes or pathogens of a wide range of plants pre-and
post-harvest. This review considers the relative importance of Alternaria species, their …

Occurrence of Alternaria toxins in food products in The Netherlands

P López, D Venema, T de Rijk, A de Kok, JM Scholten… - Food Control, 2016 - Elsevier
Alternaria toxins are mycotoxins that can contaminate cereals, oilseeds and various fruits
and vegetables such as apples, tomatoes, citrus fruits and olives. The fungi can grow at low …

Tracking emerging mycotoxins in food: development of an LC-MS/MS method for free and modified Alternaria toxins

H Puntscher, ML Kütt, P Skrinjar, H Mikula… - Analytical and …, 2018 - Springer
Mycotoxins produced by Alternaria fungi are ubiquitous food contaminants, but analytical
methods for generating comprehensive exposure data are rare. We describe the …

Alternaria species and their associated mycotoxins

VEF Pinto, A Patriarca - Mycotoxigenic Fungi: Methods and Protocols, 2017 - Springer
The genus Alternaria includes more than 250 species. The traditional methods for
identification of Alternaria species are based on morphological characteristics of the …

Alternaria alternata and Its Allergens: a Comprehensive Review

I Kustrzeba-Wójcicka, E Siwak, G Terlecki… - Clinical reviews in …, 2014 - Springer
Alternaria alternata is mainly an outdoor fungus whose spores disseminate in warm, dry air,
so in temperate climates, their count peaks in the summers. Alternaria may also be found in …

Going over Fungal Allergy: Alternaria alternata and Its Allergens

E Abel-Fernández, MJ Martínez, T Galán, F Pineda - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fungal allergy is the third most frequent cause of respiratory pathologies and the most
related to a poor prognosis of asthma. The genera Alternaria and Cladosporium are the …

Methionine enhances disease resistance of jujube fruit against postharvest black spot rot by activating lignin biosynthesis

Y Liu, X Lei, B Deng, O Chen, L Deng… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present research is focused on the effect of methionine on black spot rot caused by
Alternaria alternata on jujube fruit and the possible mechanism involved. The results …

Fungal contamination of building materials and the aerosolization of particles and toxins in indoor air and their associated risks to health: a review

M Al Hallak, T Verdier, A Bertron, C Roques, JD Bailly - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is now well established that biological pollution is a major cause of the degradation of
indoor air quality. It has been shown that microbial communities from the outdoors may …

Isolation, characterization and toxicological potential of Alternaria-mycotoxins (TeA, AOH and AME) in different Alternaria species from various regions of India

M Meena, P Swapnil, RS Upadhyay - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Alternaria species produce various sorts of toxic metabolites during their active growth and
causes severe diseases in many plants by limiting their productivity. These toxic metabolites …