Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by certain filamentous fungi, which can be
produced 2.1. The Aspergillus mycotoxins in foods as a result of fungal growth (Table 1) …

The fumonisins, a family of food-borne carcinogenic mycotoxins, were first isolated in 1988
(21) from cultures of Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (previously known as …

Recent data on the epidemiology of the common mycotoxigenic species of Fusarium,
Alternaria, Aspergillus and Penicillium in infected or colonized plants, and in stored or …

Fumonisins are phytotoxic mycotoxins which are synthesized by various species of the
fungal genus Fusarium such as Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (ex F. moniliforme …

In 2003, for the first time in Italy, significant problems arose with colonization and
contamination of maize destined for animal feed with Aspergillus section Flavi and aflatoxins …

Mycotoxins and the fungi that produce them are of increasing importance as causes of
human illness, but the diseases produced remain poorly understood at the clinical level …

Background: Unseasonal rains beginning in 1995 damaged the maize and sorghum crops
harvested in a few villages of the Deccan plateau in India. Human consumption of those …

This study assessed, for the first time, the mycotoxicological risks from consumption of
complementary foods by infants and young children in Nigeria. Molds belonging to …

Les effets de l'activité de l'eau (aw, 0.994–0.90≍ 0.4–14.0 (–) MPa du potentiel de l'eau), de
la température (4–45° C), du pH (3.6, 5.5, 7.0) et leurs interactions sur la croissance d'isolats …

Maize is a possible host of many fungi, some of them able to produce different mycotoxins.
Few studies exist on co-occurring fungi and resulting multi-mycotoxin contamination in field; …