Comparative ochratoxin toxicity: A review of the available data

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4253-4282

  Heussner, Alexandra H ^a,b   Bingle, Lewis E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Comparative toxicity; Detection; Metabolites; Ochratoxin

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED OCHRATOXIN; HYDROXYOCHRATOXIN; ISOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; LACTONE OPENED OCHRATOXIN A; OCHRATOXIN; OCHRATOXIN ALPHA; OCHRATOXIN BETA; OCHRATOXIN HYDROQUINONE; OCHRATOXIN QUINONE; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM VERRUCOSUM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TERATOGENESIS; TOXICITY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCHRATOXINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84945292409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7104253     Document Type: Review

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