Ochratoxins

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Synonym(s)

Ochratoxin

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Ochratoxins are a group of substances belonging to the mycotoxins. They are present, sometimes in high concentrations, in cereals and cereal products, in coffee, cocoa, red wine and occasionally also in the meat of slaughtered animals (except in beef, as bacteria in the rumen of the animals break down ochratoxins). Since they are not degraded but stored in the human body, they are regularly detectable in the blood of humans, depending on their eating habits.

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Further mycotoxins are (see below mycotoxins)

Aflatoxins
Alternariol
Cephalosporin
Chaetomin
Deoxynivalenol (DON)
Ergot alkaloids
Fumagillin
Fumonisins
Gliotoxin
Griseofulvin
Mycophenolic acid
Ochratoxins
Patulin
Penicillin
Penitrem A
Roquefortin C
Satratoxin
Sterigmatocystin
Trichothecenes
T-2 toxin
Tenuazonic acid
Viomellein
Verrucosidine
Verruculogen
Xanthomegnin
Zearalenone

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer