Biology Notes on Aflatoxins | Microbiology
The below mentioned article provides notes on alfatoxins. Mycotoxins are the toxic substances produced by fungi on food materials. These are 'secondary metabolites'. Some of these cause very severe effects on animal, plant and microbial systems. These include aflatoxins (Fig. 21.6) ochratoxins, sterigmatocystin, citrinin (Fig. 21.7) patulin, rubratoxin, zearalenone and trichothecens and are produced by the different species of Aspergillus, [...]