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ReviewToxins2015

Comparative Ochratoxin Toxicity: A Review of the Available Data.

Alexandra H Heussner, Lewis E H Bingle

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In one paragraph

Review in Toxins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
124citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
31.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 319 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Microbial Detoxification of Ochratoxin A in Food.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  12. Aflatoxin-producingIranian journal of microbiology · 2026
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  14. Health Problems with Mycotoxins in Cattle-A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Alexandra H HeussnerHuman and Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. alexandra.heussner@uni-konstanz.de.
Lewis E H BingleDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Well-Being, University of Sunderland, City Campus, Sunderland SR1 3SD, UK. lewis.bingle@sunderland.ac.uk.
University of Sunderland · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ochratoxins are a group of mycotoxins produced by a variety of moulds. Ochratoxin A (OTA), the most prominent member of this toxin family, was first described by van der Merwe et al. in Nature in 1965. Dietary exposure to OTA represents a serious health issue and has been associated with several human and animal diseases including poultry ochratoxicosis, porcine nephropathy, human endemic nephropathies and urinary tract tumours in humans. More than 30 years ago, OTA was shown to be carcinogenic in rodents and since then extensive research has been performed in order to investigate its mode of action, however, this is still under debate. OTA is regarded as the most toxic family member, however, other ochratoxins or their metabolites and, in particular, ochratoxin mixtures or combinations with other mycotoxins may represent serious threats to human and animal health. This review summarises and evaluates current knowledge about the differential and comparative toxicity of the ochratoxin group.

Indexed as

AnimalsAspergillusEnvironmental ExposureFood ContaminationHumansMolecular StructureOchratoxinsTissue DistributionToxicity Testsochratoxin Aochratoxin Bochratoxin COchratoxinsbiosynthesiscomparative toxicitydetectionmetabolitesochratoxin

Identifiers

PMID26506387
PMCPMC4626733
OpenAlexW1756131747

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