Ochratoxins are a group of mycotoxins produced by a variety of moulds. Ochratoxin A (OTA),
the most prominent member of this toxin family, was first described by van der Merwe et al. in …

Mycotoxins are secondary fungal metabolites produced mainly by Aspergillus, Penicillium,
and Fusarium. As evidenced by large-scale surveys, humans and animals are …

Exposure to food and environmental contaminants is a global environmental health issue. In
this study, innovative LC-MS/MS approaches were applied to investigate mycotoxin co …

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that cause toxic and carcinogenic effects.
Human exposure to multiple mycotoxins constitutes an increasing health concern due to …

This study compared mycotoxin levels in 53 household-formulated and 84 industrially-
processed complementary foods, assessed co-exposure patterns from consumption of the …

Abstract Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a class 2B human carcinogen, is the only mycotoxin with
established maximum residue limits (MRLs) in milk. Toxicological data for other mycotoxins …

The presence of mycotoxins in food represents a severe threat for public health and welfare,
and poses relevant research challenges in the food toxicology field. Nowadays, food …

Environmental chemical exposure could be a contributor to the increasing obesity epidemic.
Diazinon, an organophosphate insecticide, has been widely used in the agriculture, and …

Two new dinuclear Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes containing three and ten methylene chains
in their bridging linkers are synthesized and characterized. Their calf thymus DNA-binding …

High levels of mycotoxin contamination have been reported in various food commodities in
Pakistan, however, there has been no exposure assessment study using multiple …