ABSTRACT
Five toxic fungal secondary metabolites (mycotoxins) are considered to be eco nomically and toxicologically important worldwide: aflatoxin, ochratoxin, deoxynivalenol (DON = vomitoxin) and derivatives, zearalenone (ZON) and deriva tives, and fumonisins (FBj, FB2). The last three of these, DON, ZON and fumonisins, are produced by various Fusarium species [1-3]. Mycotoxin moniliformin has been recently reported to be frequently occurring contaminant of cereal grains [4-7]. A significant increase in research on E moniliforme metabolites is observed during the last 5 years, since the discovering of fumonisins B x and B2 in 1988 [8-13].
