Emerging Strategies for Extraction and Analysis of Mycotoxins in Food

Dear Colleagues,

Mycotoxins are a highly toxic secondary metabolite produced by several microscopic filamentous fungi and are a major threat to human and animal health. The ingestion of foods contaminated with mycotoxins, even at low levels, may have adverse effects on consumers. Mycotoxin-related food poisoning incidents occur occasionally around the world. Although the harm of mycotoxins could be effectively reduced by various mycotoxin-detoxifying technologies, developing emerging strategies for the extraction and analysis of mycotoxin residuals in food is still of great significance. In recent years, numerous excellent work on the extraction and analysis of mycotoxins has been reported, and great progress and achievements are expected to accelerate the rapid development of this field. Therefore, we hope that this Special Issue will summarize the latest developments. In this Special Issue of Toxins, the contributions of original research articles or reviews related to emerging strategies for extraction and analysis of mycotoxins in food are welcomed. Topics of interest will especially include targeted and untargeted adsorption or extraction technologies, in vitro rapid detection technologies, instrumental analysis methods, mycotoxin binding and degrading materials, and so on. We sincerely invite you to share the latest research achievements with our readers.

Prof. Dr. Yonghua Xiong
Prof. Dr. Xiaolin Huang
Guest Editors

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