Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China.
National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing P.R. China, Key Laboratory of Detection for Mycotoxins, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Oilseed Products (Wuhan), Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023 Nov;63(33):12488-12512. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2102579. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites generated from toxigenic fungi in the contaminated food and agro-food, which have been regarded as a serious threat to the food safety and human health. Therefore, the control of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi contamination is of great significance and has attracted the increasing attention of researchers. As we know, nano-semiconductors have many unique properties such as large surface area, structural stability, good biocompatibility, excellent photoelectrical properties, and low cost, which have been developed and applied in many research fields. Recently, nano-semiconductors have also been promisingly applied in mitigating or controlling mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi contaminations in food and agro-food. In this review, the type, occurrence, and toxicity of main mycotoxins in food and agro-food were introduced. Then, a variety of strategies to mitigate the mycotoxin contamination based on nano-semiconductors involving mycotoxins detection, inhibition of toxigenic fungi, and mycotoxins degradation were summarized. Finally, the outlook, opportunities, and challenges have prospected in the future for the mitigation of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi based on nano-semiconductors.
真菌毒素是污染食品和农产品中产毒真菌产生的有毒次级代谢物，已被视为食品安全和人类健康的严重威胁。因此，控制真菌毒素和产毒真菌污染具有重要意义，引起了研究人员越来越多的关注。众所周知，纳米半导体具有大的表面积、结构稳定性、良好的生物相容性、优异的光电性能和低成本等许多独特的性质，已在许多研究领域得到了开发和应用。最近，纳米半导体也在减轻或控制食品和农产品中真菌毒素和产毒真菌污染方面具有广阔的应用前景。在本文综述中，介绍了食品和农产品中主要真菌毒素的类型、发生和毒性。然后，总结了基于纳米半导体的多种减轻真菌毒素污染的策略，包括真菌毒素检测、抑制产毒真菌和降解真菌毒素。最后，展望了基于纳米半导体减轻真菌毒素和产毒真菌的未来、机遇和挑战。
