Modern analytical techniques can determine a multitude of fungal metabolites contaminating
food and feed. In addition to known mycotoxins, for which maximum levels in food are …

The aim of this review is to give a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on
plant metabolites of mycotoxins, also called masked mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are secondary …

Emerging Fusarium and Alternaria mycotoxins gain more and more interest due to their
frequent contamination of food and feed, although in vivo toxicity and toxicokinetic data are …

Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to
endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of …

Alternaria molds are known to cause the contamination of food with their secondary
metabolites, a chemically very heterogeneous group of compounds. Yet, after decades of …

The development of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/mass spectrometry
(MS) methods for the simultaneous detection and quantification of a broad spectrum of …

Alternaria toxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi that can contaminate cereals,
oilseeds, fruits and vegetables. The chronic dietary exposure to four individual Alternaria …

Mycotoxins appear to be the “Achilles' heel” of the agriculture sector inducing enormous
economic losses and representing a severe risk to the health of humans and animals …

The genus Alternaria is widely distributed in the environment. Numerous species of the
genus Alternaria can produce a variety of toxic secondary metabolites, called Alternaria …

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by pathogenic fungi that colonize fruits and
vegetables either during harvesting or during storage. Mycotoxin contamination in fruits and …