Mycotoxins and health risks

Risks of Mycotoxins from Mycoinsecticides to Humans

There are more than thirty mycotoxins produced by fungal entomopathogens. Totally, they belong to two classes, NRP and PK mycotoxins. Most of mycotoxins have not been paid sufficient attention yet. Generally, mycotoxins do not exist in mycoinsecticide and might not be released to environments unless entomogenous fungus proliferates and produces mycotoxins in host insects or probably in plants. ...

Risks Associated with Exposure to Stachybotrys and Other Fungi Mycotoxins

The media and public continue to be concerned about health risks resulting from exposure to mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys and other fungi present in indoor air. Mycotoxins are by-products of the natural life-cycle of all fungi. Their production is dependent on complex interactions among numerous factors including nutrition availability, moisture, temperature, and competition from other mi...

Endophyte Mycotoxins in Animal Health

Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 42, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4066-6_3, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 Abstract Fescue toxicosis and perennial ryegrass staggers are two of the most common toxic plant diseases plaguing livestock in the United States, and result from consumption of forage containing the endophyte-produced mycotoxins ergovaline and lysergic acid (fescue toxicosis) ...

Mycotoxins of aspergilli: exposure and health effects.

Mycotoxins derived from Aspergilli can be encountered both in domestic and occupational environments, and the exposure may lead to severe health hazards. Several Aspergillus species are associated with mycotoxin production: A. ochraceus with ochratoxin A, A. fumigatus with fumitremorgins, gliotoxin and verrucologen, A. versicolor with sterigmatocystin, and A. flavus and A. parasiticus with afla...

Mycotoxins in Human and Animal Health