Prior to 1985 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated global food crop
contamination with mycotoxins to be 25%. The origin of this statement is largely unknown …

Citrinin (CIT) is a mycotoxin produced by different species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and
Monascus. CIT can contaminate a wide range of foods and feeds at any time during the pre …

The presence of mycotoxins in herbal medicines is an established problem throughout the
entire world. The sensitive and accurate analysis of mycotoxin in complicated matrices (eg …

To date, the use of biomarkers has become generally accepted. Biomarker‐driven research
has been proposed as a successful method to assess the exposure to xenobiotics by using …

Lovastatin (LOV) is a statin, used to lower cholesterol which has been found as a
hypolipidemic agent in commercial red yeast rice. In present study, a sensitive molecular …

Citrinin (CIT) deserves attention due to its known toxic effects in mammalian species and its
widespread occurrence in food commodities, often along with ochratoxin A, another …

Red yeast rice (RYR), a Chinese traditional folk medicine produced by the fermentation of
cooked rice kernels with a Monascaceae mold, Monascus purpureus, has long been used to …

Citrinin (CIT) is a mycotoxin produced as a secondary metabolite from different types of
contaminating ubiquitous fungi, it can be produced mainly during post-harvesting treatments …

Economically viable remote sensing of foodborne contaminants using minimalistic chemical
reagents and simultaneous automation calls for a concrete integration of a chemical …

Abstract The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) was
asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of monacolins in red yeast rice (RYR) and …