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The contents of this book are the proceedings of the ACS symposium,
"Fumonisins in Food," which was held April 4-6, 1995, at the
American Chemical Society National Meeting in Anaheim, CA. This
symposi"Qm, which was international in scope, brought together
researchers from diverse backgrounds in academia, government, and
industry. Thirty-three speakers discussed topics ranging from the
analysis offumonisins to toxicology and regulatory aspects. The
fumonisins became the spotlight of mycotoxin research in 1988, when
re searchers at the South African Medical Research Council isolated
and structurally charac terized the fumonisins. Since 1988, there
has been an explosion in the numbers of papers dealing with
fumonisin-related topics. The interest in the fumonisins has arisen
for several reasons. First, fumonisins are found in measurable
concentrations in corn grown throughout the world. Second, these
compounds have been implicated as the causative agents in a variety
of naturally occurring animal diseases. Finally, there is
speCUlation that fumonisins may in part be responsible for the high
incidence of esophageal cancer in regions of the world in which
corn is the staple grain."
The contents of this book are the proceedings of the ACS symposium,
"Fumonisins in Food," which was held April 4-6, 1995, at the
American Chemical Society National Meeting in Anaheim, CA. This
symposi"Qm, which was international in scope, brought together
researchers from diverse backgrounds in academia, government, and
industry. Thirty-three speakers discussed topics ranging from the
analysis offumonisins to toxicology and regulatory aspects. The
fumonisins became the spotlight of mycotoxin research in 1988, when
re searchers at the South African Medical Research Council isolated
and structurally charac terized the fumonisins. Since 1988, there
has been an explosion in the numbers of papers dealing with
fumonisin-related topics. The interest in the fumonisins has arisen
for several reasons. First, fumonisins are found in measurable
concentrations in corn grown throughout the world. Second, these
compounds have been implicated as the causative agents in a variety
of naturally occurring animal diseases. Finally, there is
speCUlation that fumonisins may in part be responsible for the high
incidence of esophageal cancer in regions of the world in which
corn is the staple grain."
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