Fumonisins, Mycotoxins Produced by Fusarium

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that are harmful to both animals and humans. Mycotoxicoses are diseases caused by the ingestion of foods or feeds made toxic by these fungal metabolites. Mycotoxins undoubtedly have presented a hazard to human and animal health for decades, and this threat only can become more important as the demand on the available food supply increases with the increase in population. If the food supply is limited, the mycotoxin hazard increases since more fungus-damaged, potentially mycotoxin-containing foodstuffs are consumed rather than discarded,