Mycotoxins in Plants and Plant Products

Cereals and Cereal Products
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-46713-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 822 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 22891 g

This book provides detailed data and information about the cereals and cereal products that are affected by mycotoxins, and gives a basic overview of mycotoxins in these foodstuffs.Mycotoxin contamination of food occurs as a result of crop invasion by field fungi such as Fusarium spp. and Alternaria spp., or storage fungi such as Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp., which can grow on/in stored commodities and are able to produce mycotoxins. In the worst case, these fungi produce secondary metabolites called mycotoxins, which can be very harmful to humans and animals when, for example, they are consumed through food due to their various negative effects on several organs in both humans and animals. Mycotoxins in Plants and Plant Products: Cereals and Cereal Products lists the predisposition of a foodstuff for mycotoxin contamination, as well as the degree of contamination, concentration, and country of detection/origin for each case of mycotoxin contamination of this kind of foodstuff. It includes both alphabetical and numerical lists of literature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weidenbörner, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- How to Handle the Book.- Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- 1. Mycotoxin Contamination of Cereals and Cereal Products.- 2. Further Mycotoxins and Microbial Metabolites.- 3. Mycotoxins and Their Cereal and Cereal Product Spectrum.- 4. Cereals and Cereal Products and Their Mycotoxins.- 5. Mycotoxin Contamination in Conventional and Organic Farming.- Alphabetical Bibliography.- Numerical Bibliography.- Index.