Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses

This book presents a comprehensive view on mycotoxins of agricultural as well as non—agricultural environments and their health effects in humans and animals. Mycotoxins have immunosuppressive effects; but some of them can cause cancers, mutagenicity, neurotoxicity, liver and kidney damage, birth defects, DNA damage and respiratory disorders. The problem of mycotoxins is long—lasting and their direct or indirect exposures to humans and animals must be further discussed. The first chapter wi...