Toxicity Assessment, Rapid Detection and Control of Foodborne Mycotoxins: Advances and Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by different fungi and are commonly found in a variety of food/feed products. It has been proved that mycotoxins can cause a variety of acute or chronic adverse effects on the body through the food chain, which is considered to be an important risk factor threatening human and animal health, and one of the key issues affecting the economic value of agricultural products and food/feed quality and safety. In recent years, the discovery and frequent detection of emerging mycotoxins (e.g., alternarin, beauveristin, sterigmatocystin, etc.) and masked mycotoxins or derivatives of common mycotoxins (e.g., DON-3-G, α/β-ZOL, zein-ZEN, T2-3G, etc.) brings new challenges to food safety. Meanwhile, more attention has been paid to the toxic effects of the traditional and/or emerging mycotoxins caused by different exposure modes in the real scenario (e.g., combined toxicity, transgenerational toxicity, etc.). However, not only the relavant toxicological profiles but also the correspongding rapid detection methods and control measures pertraining to the all aspects from farm to table are scarce. Therefore, it is essential to have more reaserch data to fill this gap so as to cope with the threat of mycotoxins to agricultural product safety and body health.

This Issue will focus on, but not limited to, the toxic effects and mechanisms of emerging mycotoxins in food chain, as well as toxicological information of mycotoxins under simulated real pollution scenarios; the more accurate, economical, convenient and rapid detection methods of emerging mycotoxins; the novel approaches for the detoxification, degradation and control of mycotoxins. We welcome the high-quality original research articles, reviews, short communications and methodologies that are not yet published.

Prof. Dr. Liang Ma
Guest Editor

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• mycotoxins
• toxic effect
• rapid detection
• detoxification
• contamination control