125 years of mycotoxin research

From humble beginnings of passionate botanists, mycotoxin research is now big business with ?far-reaching consequences for the agricultural sector. Although mycotoxin knowledge has grown over the past century, challenges are still being faced. Swiss botanist Paracelsus, who is credited as the founder of toxicology, travelled all over Europe, Scandinavia and Russia and possibly even Constantinople. He advanced the idea that chemicals could both cause and cure diseases. Over to the next century t