T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin in grain and grain-based commodities in Europe: Occurrence, factors affecting occurrence, co-occurrence and toxicological effects

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-367

  Van Der Fels Klerx, H ^a   Stratakou, I ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cereals; Fusarium; risk evaluation; trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HT 2 TOXIN; NIVALENOL; T 2 TOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; VOMITOXIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADENOMA; AGRONOMY; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW; CARCINOGENICITY; CARCINOMA; CYANOSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DYSTROPHY; ECOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEEDING; FETOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNGUS; GENOTOXICITY; GRAIN; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OAT; OVARY; PLANT GROWTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TOXICITY; SOWING DATE; SPLEEN; STOMACH LESION; TOXICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIETAS; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; AVENA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM;

EID: 78149384146     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2010.1237     Document Type: Review

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