Mycotoxins’ Toxicities - from Consumer Health Safety Concerns, to Mitigation/Treatment Strategies: A Perspective Review

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

Chinaza Awuchi ¹ , Sarah Nwozo ² , Mariama Salihu ³ , Grace Odongo ⁴ , Maryam Sarvarian ⁵ , Charles Okpala ⁶

1 - School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
2 - School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
3 - Kampala International University, Bushenyi, Uganda,
4 - School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
5 - Department of Food Science and Technology, Savadkoh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Savadkoh, Iran
6 - Department of Functional Food Products Development, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Received: 2021-08-30 Accepted : 2022-01-22 Published : 2022-09-01

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