[HTML][HTML] An overview on the major mycotoxins in food products: Characteristics, toxicity, and analysis

RA El-Sayed, AB Jebur, W Kang… - Journal of Future Foods, 2022 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are potentially hazardous secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi
(molds). These small molecular weight compounds (often less than 1 000 Da) are found in …

Aflatoxins: A global concern for food safety, human health and their management

P Kumar, DK Mahato, M Kamle, TK Mohanta… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The aflatoxin producing fungi, Aspergillus spp., are widely spread in nature and have
severely contaminated food supplies of humans and animals, resulting in health hazards …

Fumonisins: Impact on agriculture, food, and human health and their management strategies

M Kamle, DK Mahato, S Devi, KE Lee, SG Kang… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
The fumonisins producing fungi, Fusarium spp., are ubiquitous in nature and contaminate
several food matrices that pose detrimental health hazards on humans as well as on …

Ochratoxin A decontamination: A review

S Amézqueta, E González-Peñas, M Murillo-Arbizu… - Food control, 2009 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a toxic metabolite produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium fungi. As it
can contaminate a wide variety of foodstuffs, maximum permitted levels have been …

Predicting mycotoxins in foods: a review

D Garcia, AJ Ramos, V Sanchis, S Marín - Food microbiology, 2009 - Elsevier
The need to ensure the microbiological quality and safety of food products has stimulated
interest in the use of mathematical models for quantifying and predicting microbial …

OTA-producing fungi in foodstuffs: A review

S Amezqueta, S Schorr-Galindo, M Murillo-Arbizu… - Food Control, 2012 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a secondary metabolite produced by filamentous fungi of the genera
Aspergillus and Penicillium present in a wide variety of foodstuffs. The most relevant OTA …

Ochratoxicosis in poultry: Occurrence, environmental factors, pathological alterations and amelioration strategies

MA Tahir, A Abbas, M Muneeb, RM Bilal… - World's Poultry …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites, and some important groups of mycotoxins are
aflatoxins, ochratoxins, ergot alkaloids, citrinin, patulin and fusarium, which include …

Effect of water activity, temperature and incubation time on growth and ochratoxin A production by Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus carbonarius on maize kernels

L Alborch, MR Bragulat, ML Abarca… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water activity (aw)(0.92–0.98),
temperature (5–45° C) and incubation time (5–60 days) on growth and ochratoxin A (OTA) …

Impact of some environmental factors on growth and ochratoxin A production by Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus welwitschiae

ML Abarca, MR Bragulat, G Castellá… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a nephrotoxic mycotoxin which may contaminate various foods and
feed products worldwide. Aspergillus niger is one of the species responsible for OTA …

Modeling kinetics of aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus in maize-based medium and maize grain

D Garcia, AJ Ramos, V Sanchis, S Marín - International journal of food …, 2013 - Elsevier
Predictive mycology has dealt mainly with germination, growth and inactivation of fungi
while the issue of mycotoxin production remains relatively unexplored. Very few studies …