Strategies to prevent mycotoxin contamination of food and animal feed: a review

B Kabak, ADW Dobson, I Var - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins are fungal secondary metabolites that have been associated with severe toxic
effects to vertebrates produced by many important phytopathogenic and food spoilage fungi …

Ochratoxin A: General overview and actual molecular status

A El Khoury, A Atoui - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by several species of Aspergillus and
Penicillium fungi that structurally consists of a para-chlorophenolic group containing a …

Carcinogenic compounds in alcoholic beverages: an update

T Pflaum, T Hausler, C Baumung, S Ackermann… - Archives of …, 2016 - Springer
The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been classified as carcinogenic to humans by
the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) since 1988. More recently, in 2010 …

Immunotoxic activity of ochratoxin A

L Al‐Anati, E Petzinger - Journal of veterinary pharmacology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is an immunosuppressant fungal compound, produced by toxigenic
species of Aspergillus and Penicillium fungi in a wide variety of climates and geographical …

An overview of ochratoxin A in beer and wine

R Mateo, Á Medina, EM Mateo, F Mateo… - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced mainly by several fungal species of the genera
Aspergillus and Penicillium. This mycotoxin has been shown to be nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic …

Ochratoxin A: its cancer risk and potential for exposure

HA Clark, SM Snedeker - … and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Ochratoxin A (OA) is a naturally occurring mycotoxin known to contaminate a variety of foods
and beverages. The cancer risk posed by OA was reviewed as relevant to human exposure …

Wine contamination with ochratoxins: A review

J Gil-Serna, C Vázquez, MT González-Jaén, B Patiño - Beverages, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is the main mycotoxin occurring in wine. This review article is focused on
the distribution of this toxin and its producing-fungi in grape berries, as well as on the fate of …

European research on ochratoxin A in grapes and wine

P Battilani, N Magan, A Logrieco - International journal of food microbiology, 2006 - Elsevier
European wine production represents about 70% of world production and thus is an
important export commodity. Ochratoxin A (OTA) was first detected as a wine contaminant in …

Study of Spanish Grape Mycobiota and Ochratoxin A Production by Isolates of Aspergillus tubingensis and Other Members of Aspergillus Section Nigri

A Medina, R Mateo, L López-Ocana… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The native mycobiota of five grape varieties grown in Spain has been studied. Four (Bobal,
Tempranillo, Garnacha, and Monastrell) were red varieties and one (Moscatel) was white …

A review on the occurrence and control of ochratoxigenic fungal species and ochratoxin A in dehydrated grapes, non-fortified dessert wines and dried vine fruit in the …

L Covarelli, G Beccari, A Marini, L Tosi - Food Control, 2012 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a toxic fungal metabolite that can contaminate grape and its derivates.
Non-fortified wines are typical sweet Mediterranean wines obtained from dehydrated grapes …