Mikotoksini su toksični sekundarni metaboliti gljiva i kancerogene materije koje mogu zagaditi različite poljoprivredne proizvode i unete sa hranom mogu izazvati bolest i smrt ljudi i životinja.
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Termin:
mycotoxins
Definicija:
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi on almost every agricultural commodity worldwide that are capable of causing disease and death in humans and other animals.