US EPA

8795260 

Journal Article 

Editorial 

Mycotoxins, mycotoxicoses, mycotoxicology and Mycopathologia 

Bennett, JW 

1987 

1 

Mycopathologia
ISSN: 0301-486X
EISSN: 1573-0832 

100 

1 

3-5 

English 

3683511 

10.1007/BF00769561 

WOS:A1987K378200001 

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF00769561
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Mycotoxins are fungal poisons. This definition does not stipulate whether fungi are the targets of poisoning or are the producers of the poisons. The following is suggested as a useful working definition: Mycotoxins are natural products produced by fungi that evoke a toxic response when introduced in low concentration to higher vertebrates and other animals by a natural route. Some mycotoxins have multiple effects, and may cause phytotoxic and antimicrobial syndromes in addition to animal toxicity. By convention, mushroom and yeast poisons are usually excluded from discussions of mycotoxins. The eclectic nature of the discipline and the international scope of the problem has attracted scientists from many different backgrounds. The publishers and editors of Mycopathologia intend for this journal to become a major forum for mycotoxin research.