Mycotoxins in aquaculture: a comprehensive review of global occurrence, multi-toxicological mechanisms, and sustainable mitigation strategies

Global Occurrence, Co-Contamination Patterns, and Toxic Effects of Mycotoxins in Fish Feed: A Multi-Species Perspective Review

Aquaculture has become the fastest-growing food-production sector worldwide, with increasing reliance on plant-based feed ingredients such as maize, soybean, wheat, rice, and oilseed meals. Although these ingredients reduce dependence on fishmeal, they are highly susceptible to fungal contamination and subsequent mycot...

Mycotoxin contamination in food and feed: Occurrence, co-occurrence, combined impacts on human and animal health, climate change implications, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by numerous fungi that infect crops during pre- and post-harvest stages. Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, zearalenone, and trichothecenes are of greatest concern due to their widespread occurrence and high toxicity. Consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated food and f...

Food Safety Management and Mycotoxins Nexus: A Systematic Review of Mycotoxins Toxicity, Detoxification, Nutritional Impacts, and Economic Importance

This systematic review synthesizes evidence published from 2019 to 2026 on mycotoxin occurrence in food and feed, toxicological effects, nutritional consequences, economic implications, detection, and detoxification/mitigation strategies. The review followed PRISMA 2020 principles and included 141 publications after...

Pollution characteristics, enrichment patterns, and progress in detoxification research of mycotoxins in maize

The Silent Killer: A Comprehensive Review of Aflatoxin Toxicity, Contamination and Control Strategies

Aflatoxins are highly toxic secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, contaminating various agricultural commodities such as maize, peanuts, tree nuts, and spices. These toxins are carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and immunosuppressive, posing severe health risks to both hum...

Aquaculture-relevant florfenicol exposure causes hepatopancreatic bioaccumulation and metabolic-immune toxicity in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain.

The overuse of the broad-spectrum antibiotic florfenicol (FF) and its residues in coastal benthic environments pose toxicological risks to marine crustaceans. As an economically important benthic species, the mud crab is vulnerable to FF pollution stress, yet its toxicological responses and underlying mechanisms remain...