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 …

An overview of mycotoxin contamination in foods and its implications for human health

KRN Reddy, B Salleh, B Saad, HK Abbas, CA Abel… - Toxin reviews, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins are natural contaminants of cereals and other food commodities throughout the
world and they significantly impact human and animal health. Mycotoxins are toxic …

Challenges and issues concerning mycotoxins contamination in oil seeds and their edible oils: Updates from last decade

R Bhat, KRN Reddy - Food Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Safety concerns pertaining towards fungal occurrence and mycotoxins contamination in agri-
food commodities has been an issue of high apprehension. With the increase in evidence …

An aptamer based surface plasmon resonance biosensor for the detection of ochratoxin A in wine and peanut oil

Z Zhu, M Feng, L Zuo, Z Zhu, F Wang, L Chen… - Biosensors and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA), as a kind of chlorophenolic mycotoxin, exist widely in plant origin food
and is harmful to human. Herein, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor using an …

Characteristic fungi observed in the fermentation process for Puer tea

M Abe, N Takaoka, Y Idemoto, C Takagi, T Imai… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The fermentation process for Puer tea, a unique Chinese tea produced by microbial
activities, was investigated by physicochemical and microbial analyses. The temperature of …

Peanut and peanut products: A food safety perspective

AS Chang, A Sreedharan, KR Schneider - Food Control, 2013 - Elsevier
Peanuts are a common food allergen. The increased prevalence of peanut food allergy in
recent years has led food processors to be more proactive in their responsibility for …

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 …

New insight into the ochratoxin A biosynthetic pathway through deletion of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene in Aspergillus carbonarius

A Gallo, KS Bruno, M Solfrizzo, G Perrone… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ochratoxin A (OTA), a mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium species, is
composed of a dihydroisocoumarin ring linked to phenylalanine, and its biosynthetic …

Ochratoxigenic fungi and ochratoxin A in cocoa during farm processing

MV Copetti, JL Pereira, BT Iamanaka, JI Pitt… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This study investigated the occurrence of fungi with the potential to produce ochratoxin A
(OTA), and the occurrence of OTA, in Brazilian cocoa beans. Two hundred and twenty two …

Occurrence of Aspergillus spp. and Aflatoxin B1 in Malaysian Foods Used for Human Consumption

KRN Reddy, NI Farhana, B Salleh - Journal of Food Science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Malaysian population widely consumes the cereal‐based foods, oilseeds, nuts, and spices
in their daily diet. Mycotoxigenic fungi are well known to invade food products under storage …