The facultative plant pathogen Epicoccum sorghinum is associated with grain mold of sorghum and produces the mycotoxin tenuazonic acid. This fungus can have serious economic impact on sorghum production. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of E. sorghinum (USPMTOX48).

Two strains of Fusarium sporotrichioides and one strain of F. culmorum were shown to produce the mycotoxin moniliformin in rice culture. Identification was by reverse-phase liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, and mass spectrometry.

The aim of this present article is to underscore the recent evidence linking anticancer activity and free radical scavenging activity of mycotoxins and its significance in the development of newer anticancer drugs. Although acute exposure to a massive amount of mycotoxin is rare but long-term exposure/consumption of food with low levels of lipophilic mycotoxin remains problematic. The aneuploid...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by microfungi that are capable of causing disease and death in humans and other animals. The present work is a preliminary study focused on mycotoxin awareness amongst traders and farmers in some local government areas of Ekiti State. A questionnaire on mycotoxin awareness was distributed to two hundred respondents in each of the four local governme...

Silage, whether cereal based or formed from other feedstuffs, is a nutrient dense, high moisture commodity that provides an excellent substrate for the growth of molds and subsequent synthesis of mycotoxins. The primary control for the latter is the low availability of oxygen for these obligate aerobes in a milieu that is thought of as being anaerobic. The problem for commercial dairies is that...

Mycotoxin-producing Fusarium graminearum and related species cause Fusarium head blight on cultivated grasses, such as wheat and barley. However, these Fusarium species may have had a longer evolutionary history with North American grasses than with cultivated crops and may interact with the ancestral hosts in ways which are biochemically distinct. We assayed 25 species of asymptomatic native g...

Contamination of agricultural crops by mycotoxins results in significant economic losses for grain producers and, when consumed, it can cause reduced growth and health in a wide range of animal species. Hundreds of mycotoxin producing molds exist, however each has a different frequency and pattern of occurrence, as well as differences in the severity of the diseases (mycotoxicoses) they cause. ...

Metabolic profile of urine from piglets administered with single boluses contaminated with mycotoxin mixture (deoxynivalenol, aflatoxin B1, fumonisin B1, zearalenone, and ochratoxin A) were studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy and chemometrics (PCA, PLS-DA, and OPLS-DA). The mycotoxin levels were close to the established maximum and guidance levels for animal feed (2003/100/EC and 2006/576/EC). Urine...

Mycotoxin contamination of feed ingredients impart considerable economic costs stemming from cost of preventative and mitigation practices, reduced value of contaminated feeds, contamination of foods of animal origin and reduction in animal performance and health. Therefore, much research has sought to find methods to overcome these issues. Currently, the best procedure is to minimize mycotoxin...

Penicillium mycotoxins are natural contaminants found in grains, crops, fruits, and fermented products, especially during post harvest as well as storage periods. Contamination by individual and combinations of these toxins is likely to compromise food quality and safety. In this study, the potential immunotoxicity of citrinin (CIT), ochratoxin A (OTA), patulin (PAT), mycophenolic acid (MPA) an...