Ecology

Biotechnology

Biology

Toxin

Zearalenone

Botany

Food science

Fusarium

Toxicology

Fumonisin B1

Microbiology

Contamination

Mycotoxin

Fumonisin

Food Production Processing and Nutrition

Fusarium mycotoxin contamination of both foods and feeds is an inevitable phenomenon worldwide. Deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, zearalenone, T-2 toxin and fumonisin B1 are the most studied Fusarium mycotoxins. Co-contamination of mycotoxins has also been studied frequently. Fusarium mycotoxins occur frequently in foods at very low concentrations, so there is a need to provide sensitive and reliable methods for their early detection. The present review provides insight on the types, toxicology and occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins. It further elucidates various detection methods of mycotoxin production from Fusarium strains, with a special focus on chromatographic and immunochemical techniques.

Occurrence, toxicity, production and detection of Fusarium mycotoxin: a review