Mycotoxins
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Universidad de La Laguna
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- Philip Wexler (ed. lit.)
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-386455-0
Year of publication: 2014
Pages: 424 - 427
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of mycotoxigenic fungi. Aflatoxin B1, a group 1 human carcinogen, is well known for its great public health impact. Human exposure to mycotoxins occurs mostly through diet. When ingested, mycotoxins cause a toxic response known as mycotoxicosis.