As in a cops and robbers play we discover new mycotoxins and metabolites everyday and we are forced to develop new molecules quickly as chemo- or biosensors or to modify existing molecules able to recognize these new hazardous compounds. This will result in an enormous cost saving to agro-food industry through the prevention and reduction of product recalls and reduced treatment costs. Here we present a brief review of the rapid methods used to detect mycotoxins, considering usefulness and limits. Then we propose a new fast, efficient and cheap methodology, based on a combination of computer chemistry aided design and fluorescence, that can help to drive synthesis in a more efficient way.

Mycotoxin detection plays "cops and robbers": cyclodextrin chemosensors as specialized police? / Cozzini, Pietro; Ingletto, Gianluigi; Singh, R; Dall'Asta, Chiara; Epub, Dec. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 9(12):(2008), pp. 2474-2494. [10.3390/ijms9122474]

Mycotoxin detection plays "cops and robbers": cyclodextrin chemosensors as specialized police?

COZZINI, Pietro;INGLETTO, Gianluigi;DALL'ASTA, Chiara;
2008-01-01

Abstract

As in a cops and robbers play we discover new mycotoxins and metabolites everyday and we are forced to develop new molecules quickly as chemo- or biosensors or to modify existing molecules able to recognize these new hazardous compounds. This will result in an enormous cost saving to agro-food industry through the prevention and reduction of product recalls and reduced treatment costs. Here we present a brief review of the rapid methods used to detect mycotoxins, considering usefulness and limits. Then we propose a new fast, efficient and cheap methodology, based on a combination of computer chemistry aided design and fluorescence, that can help to drive synthesis in a more efficient way.
2008
Mycotoxin detection plays "cops and robbers": cyclodextrin chemosensors as specialized police? / Cozzini, Pietro; Ingletto, Gianluigi; Singh, R; Dall'Asta, Chiara; Epub, Dec. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 9(12):(2008), pp. 2474-2494. [10.3390/ijms9122474]
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