An Overview on Mycotoxins Causing Cancer in Human

Abstract

Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxic substances produced by the mould fungi grown on a variety of foodstuffs. Exposure to these toxic substances causes various ailments, diseases and cancer in human. And, it all happens via either by ingesting these mycotoxins containing foodstuffs directly or indirectly by the foods of animal origin. These mycotoxins poisoning in humans are usually resulted in fatal consequences like multiple organs failure especially the liver and kidney failures or if survived the patients might be suffering from cancer in future. Further, it has already been proved that most of these mycotoxins when ingested cause mutations in cellular genome developing cancers in human. The present review is an attempt to fill the research gaps discussing the new roles of mycotoxins causing cancer with the types of new cancers produced by them on the basis of researches done so far in the field of fungal origin of cancer.