term mycotoxin is derived from the Greek word – ‘mykes’ meaning ‘fungus’ and the Latin word – ‘toxicum’ meaning ‘poison’.
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Mycotoxins are group of compounds produced by some strains of certain fungi that cause illness or death when ingested by man or animals.
They are low molecular weight, non-antigenic, heat stable secondary fungal metabolites.