Journal
TOXINS
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins10050197
Keywords
mycotoxins; fluorescence assay; biosensors; nanomaterials; fluorescence quenching; food samples
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- HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan)-NRPU project [5432/Federal/NRPU/RD/HEC/2016]
- HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan)-Technology Development Program (TDF) project [028]
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Small molecule toxins such as mycotoxins with low molecular weight are the most widely studied biological toxins. These biological toxins are responsible for food poisoning and have the potential to be used as biological warfare agents at the toxic dose. Due to the poisonous nature of mycotoxins, effective analysis techniques for quantifying their toxicity are indispensable. In this context, biosensors have been emerged as a powerful tool to monitors toxins at extremely low level. Recently, biosensors based on fluorescence detection have attained special interest with the incorporation of nanomaterials. This review paper will focus on the development of fluorescence-based biosensors for mycotoxin detection, with particular emphasis on their design as well as properties such as sensitivity and specificity. A number of these fluorescent biosensors have shown promising results in food samples for the detection of mycotoxins, suggesting their future potential for food applications.
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