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Mycotoxins Occurrence, Toxicity and Detection Methods

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 40

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ((SARV,volume 40))

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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.

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Gacem, M.A., Ould El Hadj-Khelil, A., Boudjemaa, B., Gacem, H. (2020). Mycotoxins Occurrence, Toxicity and Detection Methods. In: Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 40. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 40. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33281-5_1

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