Mycotoxins and Their Metabolites in Humans and Animals [Hardcover]

A mycotoxin is a toxin produced by a fungus under special conditions of moisture and temperature. These fungi are aerobic and microscopic and, moreover, may colonize many kinds of food from the field to the table. Mycotoxins are not only a spoilage issue for food, but in high doses can be a serious health threat for humans. The book will be similar to Weidenborners previous two books - Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs and Mycotoxins in Foodstuffs - in that it will be a review of the literature to create a comprehensive reference for mycotoxin levels. It will be his third (and last) book on the topic, this time focusing on the incidence of a mycotoxin in humans and/or animals (natural or artificial incidence). Each entry will include contamination, concentration rate, mean concentration of organs (humans and animals) with a mycotoxin, as well as sample constitution (where possible) and country of origin of the sample.

This book offers a review of the literature to create a comprehensive reference for mycotoxin levels. This unique database focuses on the incidence of a mycotoxin in humans and/or animals (natural or artificial incidence).?

1. Humans1.1. Human Natural Contamination1.1.1. Human amniotic fluid1.1.2. Human bile1.1.3. Human blood1.1.4. Human brain1.1.5. Human breast1.1.6. Human breast milk1.1.7. Human cervix1.1.8. Human colon1.1.9. Human endometrium1.1.10. Human feces1.1.11. Human funiculum1.1.12. Human hair1.1.13. Human heart1.1.14. Human intestine1.1.15 Human kidney1.1.16 Human liver1.1.17. Human lung1.1.18. Human pancreas1.1.19. Human placenta1.1.20. Human plasma1.1.21. Human rectum1.1.22. Human renal tissue1.1.23. Human semen1.1.24. Human serum1.1.25. Human serum/plasma1.1.26. Human spleen1.1.27. Human stomach1.1.28. Human stool1.1.29. Human urine1.2. Human Artificial Contamination1.2.1. Human blood1.2.2. Human esophagus1.2.3. Human feces1.2.4. Human heart1.2.5. Human intestines1.2.6. Human kidney1.2.7. Human lung1.2.8. Human stomach1.2.9l*