<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The quality of cereals is very important for both human and animal nutrition. Fusarium mycotoxins include a great number of compounds. Trichothecenes, zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins are the major Fusarium mycotoxins occurring in cereal grains, animal feeds and forages. Conditions that predispose to mycotoxin production by Fusarium species include humidity, temperature, aeration and substrate type. Even if a great number of fungal metabolites have been designated as mycotoxins, a small number are known to have significant animal/human health and economic significance. For this, the world-wide impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health is likely underestimated and the future in this area is to identify additional specific biomarkers and group of biomarkers that can be used to establish the exposition of human and animals to individual mycotoxins.</p></abstract>

The quality of cereals is very important for both human and animal nutrition. Fusarium mycotoxins include a great number of compounds. Trichothecenes, zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins are the major Fusarium mycotoxins occurring in cereal grains, animal feeds and forages. Conditions that predispose to mycotoxin production by Fusarium species include humidity, temperature, aeration and substrate type. Even if a great number of fungal metabolites have been designated as mycotoxins, a small number are known to have significant animal/human health and economic significance. For this, the world-wide impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health is likely underestimated and the future in this area is to identify additional specific biomarkers and group of biomarkers that can be used to establish the exposition of human and animals to individual mycotoxins.

Occurence of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Wheat from Europe – A Review

Department of Bromatology, Hygiene, Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Spain

Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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The quality of cereals is very important for both human and animal nutrition. Fusarium mycotoxins include a great number of compounds. Trichothecenes,...

Occurence of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Wheat from Europe – A Review

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 35 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2015-0005

Keywords
Fusarium mycotoxins, trichothecenes, fumonisins, zearalenone, wheat, Europe

© Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Occurence of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Wheat from Europe – A Review

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 35 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2015-0005

KeywordsFusarium mycotoxins, trichothecenes, fumonisins, zearalenone, wheat, Europe

© Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Fusarium mycotoxins, trichothecenes, fumonisins, zearalenone, wheat, Europe