title: Mycotoxin detection plays "cops and robbers": cyclodextrin chemosensors as specialized police?
abstract: As in a cops and robbers play we discover new mycotoxins and metabolites everyday and we are forced to develop new molecules quickly as chemo- or biosensors or to modify existing molecules able to recognize these new hazardous compounds. This will result in an enormous cost saving to agro-food industry through the prevention and reduction of product recalls and reduced treatment costs. Here we present a brief review of the rapid methods used to detect mycotoxins, considering usefulness and limits. Then we propose a new fast, efficient and cheap methodology, based on a combination of computer chemistry aided design and fluorescence, that can help to drive synthesis in a more efficient way.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Parma, Via G.P. Usberti 17/A 43100, Parma, Italy.|INBB, National Institute for Biostructures and Biosystems, Viale Medaglie d'oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cozzini
authors.affiliation: Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Parma, Via G.P. Usberti 17/A 43100, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ingletto
authors.affiliation: Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Parma, Via G.P. Usberti 17/A 43100, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Ratna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic and Industrial Chemistry, University of Parma, Via G.P. Usberti 17/A 43100, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0716-8394
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dall'Asta