title: Chemical, physical and biological approaches to prevent ochratoxin induced toxicoses in humans and animals.
abstract: Ochratoxins are polyketide derived fungal secondary metabolites with nephrotoxic, immunosuppressive, teratogenic, and carcinogenic properties. Ochratoxin-producing fungi may contaminate agricultural products in the field (preharvest spoilage), during storage (postharvest spoilage), or during processing. Ochratoxin contamination of foods and feeds poses a serious health hazard to animals and humans. Several strategies have been investigated for lowering the ochratoxin content in agricultural products. These strategies can be classified into three main categories: prevention of ochratoxin contamination, decontamination or detoxification of foods contaminated with ochratoxins, and inhibition of the absorption of consumed ochratoxins in the gastrointestinal tract. This paper gives an overview of the strategies that are promising with regard to lowering the ochratoxin burden of animals and humans.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary. jvarga@bio.u-szeged.hu
authors: János
authors: J
authors: Varga
authors: Sándor
authors: S
authors: Kocsubé
authors: Zsanett
authors: Z
authors: Péteri
authors: Csaba
authors: C
authors: Vágvölgyi
authors: Beáta
authors: B
authors: Tóth
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D003666:Decontamination; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009793:Ochratoxins