Mycotoxins in Food, Feed and Bioweapons

By Mahendra Rai

Book Overview

Biology and Biotechnology.- Artificial Systems for Molecular Recognition of Mycotoxins.- Molecular Mechanism of Detection of Aflatoxins and Other Mycotoxins.- The Destruction of Aflatoxins in Corn by "Nixtamalizaci?n".- Mycotoxigenic Fungi on Baled Grass Silage in Ireland.- Aflatoxin-like Gene Clusters and How They Evolved.- Aflatoxin Biosynthesis and Sclerotial Development in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.- Interaction Between Aflatoxin B1 and Other Risk Factors in Hepatocarcinogenesis.- Zearalenone and its Derivatives: Known Toxins in New Aspects.- Zearalenone: Undesirable Substance.- Agriculture and Food.- Mycotoxins in Lithuanian Cereals and Grain Products.- Control of Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals by Breeding.- Fusarium and Fumonisins in Maize in South America.- Prevention and Management of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed.- Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins in Animal Feed in South American Countries.- Toxicology and Bioweapons.- Nivalenol: The Mycology, Occurrence, Toxicology, Analysis and Regulation.- Yeast Killer Toxins Technology Transfer.- Trichothecenes as Toxin and Bioweapons: Prevention and Control.- Risk Assessment of Ochratoxin A (OTA).- Natural Aflatoxin Inhibitors from Medicinal Plants.- The Myco-Agents of Bioterrorism.- The Weaponisation of Mycotoxins.- Masked Mycotoxins and Mycotoxin Derivatives in Food: The Hidden Menace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642425968
• ISBN13: 9783642425967
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"