Isbn: 9789381269749 - mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. ISBN:9789381269749.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Risk assessment and safety evaluation of mycotoxins in fruits/Paola Battilani, Carlo Barbano and Antonio Logrieco. 2. Economic aspects of mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables/Mary Ann Dombrink Kurtzman. 3. Regulations and limits for mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables/H.P. Van Egmond and M.A. Jonker. 4. Factors affecting mycotoxin production in fruits/Lauren S. Jackson and Fadwa Al-Taher. 5. Diffusion of mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables/Patrizia Restani. 6. Aspergillus mycotoxins/Rivka Barkai Golan. 7. Penicillium mycotoxins/Rivka Barkai Golan. 8. Alternaria mycotoxins/Rivka Barkai Golan. 9. Molecular diversity of aspergillus and penicillium species on fruits and vegetables/Janos Varga, Jos Houbraken, Robert A. Samson and Jens C. Frisvad. 10. Detection of Penicillium aspergillus and alternaria species in fruits and vegetables/Mary Anne Roshni Amalaradjou and Kumar Venkitanarayanan. . Fungi play a substantial role in spoilage of fruits and vegetables, because of their pathogenicity to the harvested products. In the various stages of pathogenesis, some of these fungi generate different mycotoxins secondary metabolites that are toxic to humans and animals that consume the products. During the last decades, various fruits and vegetables that are essential parts of our daily diet have been added to the list of products exposed to mycotoxin contamination. Some of these mycotoxins are known to be carcinogenic and most of them are highly stable during processing and therefore, can reach the consumer. …