Q. List down the various mycotoxins associated with food?
Mycotoxins associated with foods are:
• Aflatoxins (produced by Aspergillus flavus)
• Ochratoxin (produced by Penicillium verrucosum)
• Patulin (P. expansum)
• Citrinin (Penicillin citrinum)
• Alternaria toxins (Alternaria sp.)
• Penicillic acid (P. cyclopium)
• Sterigmatocystin (Aspergillus versicolor)
• Fusarium toxins (Fusarium sp)