title: [Food toxicology].
abstract: The complex problems of food toxicology and especially of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis require continuing efforts for a better understanding of the mechanisms, risk evaluation and prevention. Essential progress was the recognition of mutation. In vitro tests now provide reproducible results within a short time. Risk evaluation remains a difficult problem, since is has not been possible yet to establish thresholds values for genotoxic substances. However, threshold levels for carcinogen promoters gain increasing importance as demonstrated for 3 representative classes of substances: mycotoxines , nitrosamines and pesticides.
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000139:chemically induced; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens / Q000506:poisoning; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000506:poisoning; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning; D012306:Risk; D000096702:Aflatoxin Poisoning
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009153:Mutagens; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D010575:Pesticides
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik der Lebensmittel-Toxikologie.