ReviewToxins2022
Mycotoxin Metabolism by Edible Insects.
Review in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chemical Food Safety of Edible Insects in the European Union: Current Evidence and Regulatory Blind Spots.Toxics · 2026Review
- Supplementation with Yellow Mealworm (Toxins · 2026Article
- Mycotoxins-contaminated wheat matrices bioconversion by Tenebrio molitor larvae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).Insect science · 2026Article
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- Occurrence of mycotoxins in fish feed and its consequences for aquaculture with special regard to the role of insect products.Mycotoxin research · 2026Review
- Microbial pathogens of edible insects: a growing problem for the insect farming industry.Emerging topics in life sciences · 2025Review
- Bioconversion of Deoxynivalenol by Mealworm (Toxins · 2025Article
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- The Environmental and Ecological Benefits of Edible Insects: A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Mycotoxin contamination in moldy slices of bread is mostly limited to the immediate vicinity of the visible infestation.Food chemistry: X · 2024Article
- HPLC-MS/MS and ICP-MS for Evaluation of Mycotoxins and Heavy Metals in Edible Insects and Their Defatted Cakes Resulting from Supercritical Fluid Extraction.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Opportunities and challenges for global food safety in advancing circular policies and practices in agrifood systems.NPJ science of food · 2024Review
- Microorganism Contribution to Mass-Reared Edible Insects: Opportunities and Challenges.Insects · 2024Review
- Rice Weevil (Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Insects and Public Health: An Overview.Insects · 2023Article
- Foodborne Diseases in the Edible Insect Industry in Europe-New Challenges and Old Problems.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Mycotoxins are a group of toxic secondary metabolites produced in the food chain by fungi through the infection of crops both before and after harvest. Mycotoxins are one of the most important food safety concerns due to their severe poisonous and carcinogenic effects on humans and animals upon ingestion. In the last decade, insects have received wide attention as a highly nutritious, efficient and sustainable source of animal-derived protein and caloric energy for feed and food purposes. Many insects have been used to convert food waste into animal feed. As food waste might contain mycotoxins, research has been conducted on the metabolism and detoxification of mycotoxins by edible insects. The mycotoxins that have been studied include aflatoxins, fumonisins, zearalenone (ZEN), vomitoxin or deoxynivalenol (DON), and ochratoxins (OTAs). Aflatoxin metabolism is proved through the production of hydroxylated metabolites by NADPH-dependent reductases and hydroxylases by different insects. ZEN can be metabolized into α- and β-zearalenol. Three DON metabolites, 3-, 15-acetyl-DON, and DON-3-glucoside, have been identified in the insect DON metabolites. Unfortunately, the resulting metabolites, involved enzymes, and detoxification mechanisms of OTAs and fumonisins within insects have yet to be identified. Previous studies have been focused on the insect tolerance to mycotoxins and the produced metabolites; further research needs to be conducted to understand the exact enzymes and pathways that are involved.
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