Aflatoxins

ÜNÜSAN, Nurhan | ÜNÜSAN, Çağatay

Posing the greatest risk to human and animal health, mycotoxin is a biologically active and toxic agent found in food and feed. Although more than 400 mycotoxins have been known, most studies have focused on aflatoxins because of food safety and economic losses (Ünüsan, 2019). Different environmental conditions such as availability of nutrients, temperature, water activity, and presence of fungicides aflatoxin development (Tola and Kebede, 2016). Aflatoxins are structurally related carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic naturally occurring bis furanocoumarin compounds that contaminate food and agr ...Daha fazlası