Biomonitoring of Fusarium spp. mycotoxins: perspectives for an individual exposure assessment tool.
Food Sci Technol Int
; 16(3): 266-76, 2010 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Fusarium species are probably the most prevalent toxin-producing fungi of the northern temperate regions and are commonly found on cereals grown in the temperate regions of America, Europe and Asia. Among the toxins formed by Fusarium we find trichothecenes of the A-type or B-type, zearalenone, fumonisins or nivalenol. The current exposure assessment consists of the qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation based on the knowledge of the mycotoxin occurrence in the food and the dietary habits of the population. This process permits quantifying the mycotoxin dietary intake through deterministic or probabilistic methods. Although these methods are suitable to assess the exposure of populations to contaminants and to identify risk groups, they are not recommended to evaluate the individual exposition, due to a low accuracy and sensitivity. On the contrary, the use of biochemical indicators has been proposed as a suitable method to assess individual exposure to contaminants. In this work, several techniques to biomonitor the exposure to fumonisins, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone or T-2 toxin have been reviewed.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
2_quimicos_contaminacion
Asunto principal:
Biomarcadores
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Contaminación de Alimentos
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Monitoreo del Ambiente
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Fumonisinas
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Fusarium
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Food Sci Technol Int
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España