Abstract
Indoor air pollution is a major threat to human health. Although there are both organic and inorganic sources that contribute to indoor pollution, organic sources play a predominant role. The indoor air is contaminated with a variety of microbes such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Among all microbes, fungi cause major health hazards as they find optimum conditions to grow inside closed rooms, buildings, and damp environments. The fungi release volatile fungal metabolites, mycotoxins, and other secondary metabolites that induce allergies and hypersensitivity reactions in human beings. In this chapter, the potential role of fungi in indoor air pollution, the types of volatile compounds and mycotoxins released by fungus, their mechanism of action, implications of these compounds on human health, and their control measures have been discussed in detail.
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