Adverse effects of combined mycotoxins

Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2012 Dec;63(4):519-30. doi: 10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2299.

Abstract

This article brings an overview of mycotoxin co-occurrence in foods in Croatia and neighbouring countries and experimental data from mycotoxin interaction studies involving Fusarium toxins, ochratoxin A (OTA), and aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)). Only a few studies of combined mycotoxin toxicity have employed a mathematical/ statistical design, while others have used common statistics in order to compare the effects of mycotoxin mixtures with effects of single toxins. So far, most studies have observed additive or synergistic effects, suggesting that these mixtures pose a significant threat to human and animal health.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aflatoxin B1 / toxicity
  • Animal Feed / analysis
  • Animals
  • Complex Mixtures / toxicity*
  • Croatia
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Fumonisins / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Mycotoxins / analysis*
  • Mycotoxins / toxicity*
  • Ochratoxins / toxicity

Substances

  • Complex Mixtures
  • Fumonisins
  • Mycotoxins
  • Ochratoxins
  • ochratoxin A
  • Aflatoxin B1