Mycotoxins production by Fusarium and Aspergillus species isolated from cornmeal

• Main Authors: Mohd Zainudin, Nur Ain Izzati, Perumal, Nithiyaa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Friends Science Publishers 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34619/1/Mycotoxins%20production%20by%20Fusarium%20and%20Aspergillus%20species%20isolated%20from%20cornmeal.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34619/; http://www.fspublishers.org/Issue.php?categoryID=130
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Corn is a vital food source for human consumption, animal feed as well as industrial processing. However, corn faces repeated spoilage and contamination by a huge range of fungi especially by Fusarium and Aspergillus species. These fungi are known of producing mycotoxins such as fumonisins (FBs), mo...