Limits of Detection of Mycotoxins by Laminar Flow Strips: A Review

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolic products of fungi. They poisonous, carcinogenic, and mutagenic in nature pose a serious health threat to both humans animals, causing severe illnesses even death. Rapid, simple low-cost methods detection mycotoxins immense importance great demand the food beverage industry, as well agriculture environmental monitoring, and, for this purpose, lateral flow immunochromatographic strips (ICSTs) have been widely used safety monitoring. The literature date describing development ICSTs different types using nanomaterials, nanoparticle size, replicates was reviewed an attempt identify most important determinants limit (LOD). It is found that particle size type materials contribute significantly determining LOD. sizes studies range 15–45 nm gold nanoparticle-based shown exhibit lowest Perspectives potential future reduce LODs also discussed.