October 12, 2005

Main mycotoxins

The main mycotoxins are the following ones: [continue...]

Mycotoxins: General aspects

The term 'mycotoxin' is usually reserved for the toxic chemical products formed by a few fungal species that readily colonise crops in the field or after harvest and thus pose a potential threat to human and animal health through the ingestion of food products prepared from these commodities [continue...]

October 12, 2005

Mycotoxins in Milk

AflaSTOPM1 pictureAflatoxin M1 is a toxic metabolite of aflatoxin B1. It is normally excreted in the urine and also the milk of dairy cattle and other lactating mammals.
Due to the high toxicity of aflatoxin M1, the European Community established  [continue...]