Mycotoxins Occurrence, Toxicity and Detection Methods

Abstract

Mycotoxins and their derivatives constitute a toxic group of bioproducts for human and animals' health, they induce economic losses in cereals and stored food products. The knowledge of the biosynthetic mechanisms of mycotoxins are important to improve food quality. Polyketides are the first precursors, they are synthesized by a variety of multifunctional enzymes named polyketide synthases. This review discusses the occurrence of mycotoxin in food and human biological fluids, the toxicities caused in vitro and in vivo in human and animals' organs, and finally, some conventional and recent detection methods for their detection and quantification. PU - SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG PI - CHAM PA - GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND