Book Description:
A mycotoxin is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom, commonly known as molds. Agricultural products, particularly a wide variety of grains, in the field as well as during storage, are the main source of mycotoxin production in the food chain. Contact with mycotoxins can produce acute and chronic effects which span from serious injurious effects on the central nervous, pulmonary and cardiovascular systems to death. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the properties, applications and hazards of mycotoxins including: the impact of deoxynivalenol on human cells; electroanalytical properties of mycotoxins and their determinations in the agroalimentary system; the chemistry and biology of myctotoxins from rice false smut pathogen and the quecher method for the extraction of trichothecenes in coffee and spices. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Biological Strategy Applied to Maize Preharvest Agroecosystem in Argentina to Prevent Fumonisin Contamination, pp. 1-44
(Miriam G. Etcheverry, Andrea V. Nesci, Paola P. Pereira, Melina V. Sartori, Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, and others)

Impacts of Deoxynivalenol (DON) on Human cells: Oxidative Stress, Misregulation of Histone Methyl-transferases, HOX Genes, and Epigenetics, pp. 45-83
(Subhrangsu S. Mandal, Khairul I. Ansari, Imran Hussain, Arunoday Bhan, Gene Regulation and Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA)

Electroanalytical Properties of Mycotoxins and their Determinations in the Agroalimentary System, pp. 85-107
(H. Fernández, M.A. Zon, P.G. Molina, M.B. Moressi, N.R. Vettorazzi, A.H. Arévalo, F.J. Arévalo, A.M. Granero, E.A. Ramírez, P. Perrotta, V.G.L. Zachetti, G. Chanique, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Argentina)

Chemistry and Biology of Mycotoxins from Rice False Smut Pathogen, pp. 109-129
(Ligang Zhou, Shiqiong Lu, Tijiang Shan, Ping Wang, Wenxian Sun, Zhiyi Chen, Shu Wang, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, and others)

Quechers Method for the Extraction of Trichothecenes in Coffee and Spices, pp. 131-142
(Isabel Sospedra, José M. Soriano, Jordi Mañes, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain)

Desoxynivalenol Quantification in Human Urine, pp. 143-154
(Josep Rubert, Carla Soler, Jose Miguel Soriano, Jordi Mañes, Department de Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Valéncia, Burjassot, Spain)

Risk Management of Ochratoxin A (OTA) through the Whole Food Chain, pp. 155-184
(Diana Ringot, Victor Acha, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais Cedex, France)

Index