Dear Colleagues,

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by several microscopic filamentous fungi, mainly Alternaria, Aspergillus, Claviceps, Fusarium, and Penicillium spp. Mycotoxin contamination even at low concentrations is an area of concern for producers, public health agencies, researchers, and consumers. Managing risks of food contaminants such as mycotoxins requires the application of accurate and sensitive analytical methodologies.

During the last year the new emerging analytical techniques and methods have been proposed to successfully detect and quantify mycotoxins.  Chromatographic techniques coupled with tandem and high-resolution mass spectrometry have been demonstrated as an especially powerful tool for the analysis of mycotoxins.

In addition, recent progress of the development of rapid immunoaffinity-based detection techniques such as immunoassays and biosensors, as well as emerging technologies like quantitative NMR and hyperspectral imaging for the detection of mycotoxins in foods, should not be overlooked. This special issue of Toxins  aims to bring together the most important recent developments and trends in mycotoxin determination.

Additional areas of interest for this Special Issue are the research studies dedicated to a new application of the wastewater analysis for assessing human exposure to mycotoxins by measuring specific biomarkers in raw wastewater. This promising scientific approach may improve our knowledge on exposure of human population to a wide range of mycotoxin.

Dr. Pantelis I. Natskoulis
Prof. Dr. Efstathios Z. Panagou
Guest Editors

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• mycotoxin
• food
• contamination
• analysis
• mass spectrometry
• biosensors
• wastewater