Abstract
The filamentous fungi produce a wonderful diversity of secondary metabolites which include pigments antibiotics, phytotoxins and compounds toxic to animals. Those toxic metabolites produced in association with foods, animal feeds, and forages which may be ingested and cause health problems to humans or farm animals have traditionally been referred to as mycotoxins. They are diverse in their structure, their biosynthesis and their toxicity and the fungi producing them have diverse ecologies, ranging from obligate plant pathogens and endophytes to saprotrophs active in the field and post-harvest spoilage fungi active on stored commodities. Some mycotoxins pass through a food chain to become associated with foods which have not been moulded. This paper reviews the major groups of mycotoxins, their production, occurrence and significance.
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