Lipoic acid as a potential first agent for protection from mycotoxins

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Lipoic acid as a potential first agent for protection from

mycotoxins and treatment of mycotoxicosis.

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Northeast Center for Environmental Medicine, Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Mycotoxins--toxic substances produced by fungi or molds--are

ubiquitous in the environment and are capable of damaging multiple

biochemical mechanisms, resulting in a variety of human symptoms

referred to collectively as \ " mycotoxicosis.\ " In fact, mycotoxins

mimic multiple xenobiotics, not only with respect to their ultimate

damage, but also in their routes of detoxification. This suggests

potential therapeutic options for the challenging treatment of

mycotoxicosis. In this brief review, the author examines the use of

lipoic acid as an example of an inexpensive and available nutrient

that has been shown to protect against, or reverse, the adverse

health effects of mycotoxins.

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PMID: 15259433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]