Zearalenone and Its Metabolites—General Overview, Occurrence, and Toxicity

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi and represent one of the most common groups of food contaminants with low molecular weight. These toxins are considered common and can affect the food chain at various stages of production, harvesting, storage and processing. Zearalenone is o...

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Autores principales: Ropejko, Karolina, Twarużek, Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7825134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33418872
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13010035
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description Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi and represent one of the most common groups of food contaminants with low molecular weight. These toxins are considered common and can affect the food chain at various stages of production, harvesting, storage and processing. Zearalenone is one of over 400 detected mycotoxins and produced by fungi of the genus Fusarium; it mainly has estrogenic effects on various organisms. Contaminated products can lead to huge economic losses and pose risks to animals and humans. In this review, we systemize information on zearalenone and its major metabolites.
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spelling pubmed-78251342021-01-24 Zearalenone and Its Metabolites—General Overview, Occurrence, and Toxicity Ropejko, Karolina Twarużek, Magdalena Toxins (Basel) Review Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi and represent one of the most common groups of food contaminants with low molecular weight. These toxins are considered common and can affect the food chain at various stages of production, harvesting, storage and processing. Zearalenone is one of over 400 detected mycotoxins and produced by fungi of the genus Fusarium; it mainly has estrogenic effects on various organisms. Contaminated products can lead to huge economic losses and pose risks to animals and humans. In this review, we systemize information on zearalenone and its major metabolites. MDPI 2021-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7825134/ /pubmed/33418872 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13010035 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zearalenone and Its Metabolites—General Overview, Occurrence, and Toxicity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7825134/
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