Mycotoxins in Food, Feed and Bioweapons

Biology and Biotechnology.- Artificial Systems for Molecular Recognition of Mycotoxins.- Molecular Mechanism of Detection of Aflatoxins and Other Mycotoxins.- The Destruction of Aflatoxins in Corn by "Nixtamalización".- Mycotoxigenic Fungi on Baled Grass Silage in Ireland.- Aflatoxin-like Gene Clusters and How They Evolved.- Aflatoxin Biosynthesis and Sclerotial Development in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.- Interaction Between Aflatoxin B1 and Other Risk Factors in Hepatocarcinogenesis.- Zearalenone and its Derivatives: Known Toxins in New Aspects.- Zearalenone: Undesirable Substance.- Agriculture and Food.- Mycotoxins in Lithuanian Cereals and Grain Products.- Control of Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals by Breeding.- Fusarium and Fumonisins in Maize in South America.- Prevention and Management of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed.- Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins in Animal Feed in South American Countries.- Toxicology and Bioweapons.- Nivalenol: The Mycology, Occurrence, Toxicology, Analysis and Regulation.- Yeast Killer Toxins Technology Transfer.- Trichothecenes as Toxin and Bioweapons: Prevention and Control.- Risk Assessment of Ochratoxin A (OTA).- Natural Aflatoxin Inhibitors from Medicinal Plants.- The Myco-Agents of Bioterrorism.- The Weaponisation of Mycotoxins.- Masked Mycotoxins and Mycotoxin Derivatives in Food: The Hidden Menace.

From the reviews:

"The book is organized into three general areas. They are: Biology and biotechnology, Agriculture and food, and Toxicology and bioweapons. ... Information is presented in sufficient depth to engage readers with an interest in mycotoxins or mycology. Researchers looking for a compendium of recent and relevant information on mycotoxins should consider adding this book to their reference shelf." (H. Schurz Rogers, World Mycotoxin Journal, Vol. 3 (2), May, 2010)

"Mycotoxins have been reviewed many times, but this book claims to target new areas, including new detection methods, an ancient Mexican process for detoxification, mycotoxin management ... . printed on good quality paper, has four colour features, 405 pages, 35 illustrations and the text is of average size. ... chapters are very varied, with a range of interesting topics, and provide a very good account of the topic of mycotoxins by an expert group of authors. The book should be available in University libraries." (Fungal Diversity, Vol. 49 (1), July, 2011)