Diversity, Function, Biological Activity, Detoxification, Contamination, Biosynthesis and Metabolic Regulation of Mycotoxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 83
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mycotoxin; phytotoxin; detoxification; biological activity; biological function; pathogenicity; biosynthesis; metabolic regulation; contamination; diversity
Interests: morphogenesis; mycotoxin; biological activity; biological function; pathogenicity; metabolic regulation; contamination
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi. Mycotoxins play important roles in fungal growth and development, and the interactions between fungi and the environment or other organisms. In recent years, many advances have been made in the field of mycotoxins including their diversity, functions, biological activities, detoxification, detection and analysis, contamination, biosynthesis, metabolic regulations, development and utilization. This Special Issue aims at disseminating up-to-date information on the diversity, function, biological activity, detoxification, contamination, biosynthesis and metabolic regulation of mycotoxins, as well as providing a basis for their management and utilization.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Identification of novel mycotoxins;
- Distribution of mycotoxins in fungi;
- Biological activities of mycotoxins;
- Physiological and ecological functions of mycotoxins;
- Biosynthesis of mycotoxins;
- Metabolic regulations of mycotoxins;
- Contamination of mycotoxins;
- Detoxification of mycotoxins;
- Phytotoxins produced by plant pathogenic fungi;
- Pathogenicity of mycotoxins.
Prof. Dr. Ligang Zhou
Prof. Dr. Zhenhong Zhuang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mycotoxin
- biological activity
- biological function
- biosynthesis
- metabolic regulation
- contamination
- diversity
- detoxification
- phytotoxin
- pathogenicity
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