Mycotoxin mycotoxicology

It has been stated that the single most important influence on the human diet worldwide would be the successful exclusion of mycotoxins (Miller, 1998). The awareness of the toxic role of mycotoxins in the human diet would be greatly improved by the wider teaching of mycotoxicology in courses on food science and microbiology. 

Mycotoxicology is the study of the mycotoxins and their corresponding mycotoxicoses. It is a diverse discipline that encompasses basic sciences, such as chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology, and multidisciplinary subjects, such as plant and animal pathology, toxicology, pharmacology and immunology. 

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