Toxins and other harmful compounds in foods / / edited by Agata Witczak, Zdzislaw E. Sikorski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910159439103321
• Autore: Witczak Agata
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-315-35151-X; 1-315-36853-6; 1-4987-4853-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 pages)
• Collana: Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Components Series
• Disciplina: 615.9/54
• Soggetti: Foodborne diseases; Phytotoxins; Food contamination; Food - Toxicology; Food additives
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1. Problems of food safety / Waldemar Dabrowski and Agata Witczak -- chapter 2. Natural toxins of plant origin (phytotoxins) / Kevin D. Welch, Stephen T. Lee, Daniel Cook, Benedict T. Green, and Kip E. Panter -- chapter 3. Mushroom toxins / Roman Kotlowski -- chapter 4. Marine phycotoxins and seafood safety / Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff -- chapter 5. Biogenic amines / Sevim Kose -- chapter 6. Mycotoxins / Sui-Sheng T. Hua, Perng-Kuang Chang, and Jeffrey Palumbo -- chapter 7. Bacterial toxins / Waldemar Dabrowski, Alicja Dlubala, and Izabela Helak -- chapter 8. Pesticide, fertilizer, and antibiotic residues in food / Hassan Abdel-Gawad -- chapter 9. Toxic microelements in food / Mikolaj Protasowicki -- chapter 10. Cyanogenic compounds and estrogen disruptors / Blazej Kudlak, Monika Wieczerzak, and Jacek Namiesnik -- chapter 11. Phthalates / Tine Fierens, Mirja Van Holderbeke, Arnout Standaert, Isabelle Sioen, and Stefaan De Henauw -- chapter 12. Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in food / Agata ; Witczak -- chapter 13. Epidemiological and medical impact of food contamination by viruses transmission via food and water / Elzbieta Kucharska and Joanna Bober -- chapter 14. Possible adverse effects of food additives / Shilpi Gupta Dixit -- chapter 15. Food allergens / Elzbieta Kucharska and Barbara Wroblewska -- chapter 16. The effect of processing on the safety and nutritional value of food / Zdzislaw E. Sikorski and Hanna Staroszczyk -- chapter 17. Toxic components of food packaging materials / Lidia Wolska and Maciej Tankiewicz -- chapter 18. Detection of harmful compounds in food / Grazyna Galezowska and Lidia Wolska -- chapter 19. Regulations established to control harmful food contaminations / Stefan S. Smoczynski.