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ochratoxin A

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ochratoxin, ochratoxin A
an isocoumarin derivative mycotoxin produced by the fungus Acpergillus spp. fungi. A nephrotoxin causing ochratoxicosis. Experimentally it has been shown to have teratogenic effects, especially in pigs, including eye malformation, hydrocephalus, short jaw, other skeletal and cardiac defects.


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The commission also adopted guidance to enable coffee-producing countries to develop their own programs addressing ochratoxin A contamination, a fungal toxin that is considered a possible cancer-causing agent.
Topics of the other nine chapters include microalgae in novel food products, the ochratoxin A concentration in wines, the role of amylose and amylopectin in starchy foods, protein and lipid recovery from food processing by-products, and the gelation of high methoxy pectins.
VICAM, a world leader in food safety diagnostics, has announced that AOAC International has awarded Official Method First Action status to the protocol: "Determination of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 and Ochratoxin A in Ginseng and Ginger by Multitoxin Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up and Liquid Chromatographic Quantitation.
 
 
 
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