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Mycotoxins induce developmental toxicity and behavioural aberrations in zebrafish larvae.

Abdolrahman Khezri1, Juan G Herranz-Jusdado2, Erik Ropstad3

  • 1Department of Basic Science and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Science, Pb. 8146 Dep, 0033, Oslo, Norway.

Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
|July 14, 2018
PubMed
Summary

This study reveals that mycotoxins, such as ochratoxin A (OTA) and zearalenone (ZEN), cause developmental defects and affect hatching in zebrafish. Some mycotoxins also induced behavioral changes, highlighting their toxicity.

Keywords:
Danio rerioEnvironmental toxicityFood safetyNeurotoxicityTeratogenicity

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