Determination of Fusarium mycotoxin exposure in humans based on urine samples, using One Health approach: Mini-review

Tamás Schieszl; Judit Szabó-Fodor; Melinda Kovács

doi:10.31914/aak.2601

Authors

Tamás Schieszl HungarianUniversity of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Kaposvár Campus
Judit Szabó-Fodor Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), MTA-KE-SZIE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group
Melinda Kovács Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, MTA-KE-SZIE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31914/aak.2601

Keywords:

Fusarium mycotoxins, human exposure, urinary biomarker

Abstract

The role of mycotoxins has been recognized in the etiology of a number of human diseases. Therefore, biomonitoring of human mycotoxin exposure is very important. One of the possible ways to do this is the urinary biomarker-based exposure determination. Over the past few decades, such studies have been conducted in many countries around the world on volunteers of different ages, genders, and eating habits, although these studies do not always use the same measurement, and calculation methods. This review focuses on the most important fusarium mycotoxins (deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEA), fumonisins (FUM), T-2, and HT-2 toxins). Because of the presence of mycotoxins in the environment-feed-food chain, One Health strategies should be adopted for the prevention of their exposure.

Author Biography

Tamás Schieszl, HungarianUniversity of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Kaposvár Campus

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
7400 Kaposvár, Guba Sándor u. 40., 82/505-800
E-mail: schieszltamas95@gmail.com

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