Prof. Ban Musa Hassan, a lecturer at the College of Education for Pure Sciences/Department of Life Sciences, received acceptance for publication of a scientific article titled (A Glimpse of Mycotoxin Causes and Prevention) by the Scientific Articles Committee at the Presidency of the University of Karbala after the article met all conditions for publication. Prof. Ban Musa Hassan mentioned that the name Mycotoxin (mycotoxin) came from the Greek language, derived from mykes, meaning fungus, and toxicom, which are secondary metabolic products produced by toxin-producing fungi that can cause death and disease. For humans and animals, more than 400 types of mycotoxins have been discovered in different places around the world. Mycotoxins, in general, are secondary metabolic products produced by some fungi that are capable of producing them. They have a low molecular weight, which leads to the inability of the immune system to recognize them. Therefore, they accumulate in the tissues of various organs, such as the spleen, kidneys, and liver. They are considered one of the most dangerous types of toxins known, because Its ability to withstand very high temperatures. These toxins have various other effects, as they cause suppression of the immune system, in addition to congenital malformations, kidney poisoning, and fetal teratogenesis. They have the ability to cause chronic and acute effects, such as disturbances in the central nervous system and blood vessels as a result of constantly eating foods containing varying concentrations of these toxins. Mycotoxins have also been known throughout history through cases of poisoning that humans were exposed to by eating toxic pollen, which caused deaths. At that time, the compounds that caused the poisoning were not known. Likewise, many disasters have occurred throughout history as a result of mycotoxins, such as (Stachybotryotoxicosis). It is the first case of poisoning of horses through eating feed contaminated with the fungus Stachybotrys chartarum. In Ukraine in 1930. Likewise, in Russia during World War II, symptoms of poisoning and a deficiency in white blood cells appeared as a result of exposure to one of the triple toxins, which is. T2-Toxin, which is related to trichothecene toxins, as well as Sant Anthonys, which is caused by eating grains contaminated with the stone bodies of the fungus Claviceps purpurea, commonly known as arcot. To view the article:
