Objective Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by several fungi of the Pnicillium and Asper-giUus species. Aflatoxin is produced by at least three species of Aspergillus, A. flavus, A. parasiticus, A. nominus. They occur naturally in a variety of plant products such as cereals, coffee, wine, beer and spices. OTA has been proved to have carcinogenic, nephrotoxic, teratogenic, immunotoxic and possibly neurotoxic properties and has been linked to nephropathy in humans.Aflatoxins have sub-acute and chronic effects in humans like primary livercancer, chronic hepatitis, jaundice, hepatomegaly and cirrhosis. Aflatoxin Mt is an hydroxylated metabolite produced when ruminants ingest contaminated feed. It is excreted in milk and may subsequently contaminate other dairy products such as cheese and yoghurt, which represents an important risk factor for frequent consumers, in particular for infants and young children. After cereal products, coffee and beer contribute about 15 %to OTA ingestion. Fields of science agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologymycologymedical and health sciencesclinical medicinehepatologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator VEREIN ZUR FÖRDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN E.V. Address An der karlstadt 10 Bremerhaven Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIOCULT BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Niels-bohrweg 11-13 Leiden See on map Links Website Opens in new window BIOTOOLS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL & MEDICAL LABORATORIES S.A. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address C/valle de tobalina 52 nave 43 Madrid See on map Links Website Opens in new window CHIMERA BIOTECH GMBH - Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Fischkai 1 Bremerhaven See on map Links Website Opens in new window FUNDACION GAIKER Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Parque tecnologico de zamudio, edificio 202. Zamudio See on map Links Website Opens in new window ISEAO TECHNOLOGIES LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Riverbank house, 1 putney bridge approach London See on map Links Website Opens in new window LÖFBERGS LILA AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Karlstad See on map Links Website Opens in new window MUNGIVET S.L. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Artiz bidea 18b Mungia-bizkaia See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Richmond street 16 Glasgow See on map Links Website Opens in new window
