Mycotoxins Exposure and Impact on Human and Animal Health
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2025 | Viewed by 1007
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mycotoxins; contaminants; animal toxicology; analytical toxicology; oxidative stress; sphingolipids; toxicokinetics; metabolism of toxic substances; drug-metabolizing enzymes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The contamination of food and feed by toxigenic moulds has been a worrying problem for human and animal health for many years. Climate change, societal issues, and the development of new molecules capable of reducing mycotoxin toxicity, as well as the increase in knowledge through the identification of emerging mycotoxins and interactions between compounds or better characterisation of the toxic effects of mycotoxins and their biomarkers, make a Special Issue of Toxins on "Mycotoxins Exposure and Impact on Human and Animal Health" particularly justified in 2025.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present new knowledge on "One Health", with a particular focus on data generated under realistic exposure conditions. Manuscripts on the following topics are particularly welcome:
(a) The effects of emerging mycotoxins for which no maximum levels have been recommended for human or animal consumption;
(b) The effects of mycotoxins in mixtures and any studies to better characterise synergies, antagonisms, additive effects or indifferences between mycotoxins;
(c) The effects of non-mycotoxic factors, whether additives intentionally added to feed or contaminants and pathologies likely to modulate the health effects of mycotoxins;
(d) Biomarkers to help elucidate mycotoxin exposure and effects in humans and animals;
(e) Literature reviews, especially those that provide comparative insights into the "One Health" issue.
Purely mechanistic studies conducted at unrealistic exposure levels are not included in the objectives of this Special Issue, unless they provide mechanistic insight into a specific biological effect that is clearly explained in the introduction of the manuscript. Similarly, studies targeting mycotoxin synthesis pathways are not included in the objectives of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Philippe Guerre
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mycotoxins
- multiple contamination
- exposure
- human health
- animal health
- toxicity
- biomarker
- interaction
- feed additive
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