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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
Volume 59, Issue 10, Pages 1534-1545Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1421521
Keywords
Metals; mycotoxins; cyanotoxins; pesticides; lactic acid bacteria; Saccharomyces
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [AGL2015-68920]
- Brazilian Government (CAPES) [BEX1086/14-6]
- SENESCYT (Ecuadorian Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation)
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Chemical contaminants that are present in food pose a health problem and their levels are controlled by national and international food safety organizations. Despite increasing regulation, foods that exceed legal limits reach the market. In Europe, the number of notifications of chemical contamination due to pesticide residues, mycotoxins and metals is particularly high. Moreover, in many parts of the world, drinking water contains high levels of chemical contaminants owing to geogenic or anthropogenic causes. Elimination of chemical contaminants from water and especially from food is quite complex. Drastic treatments are usually required, which can modify the food matrix or involve changes in the forms of cultivation and production of the food products. These modifications often make these treatments unfeasible. In recent years, efforts have been made to develop strategies based on the use of components of natural origin to reduce the quantity of contaminants in foods and drinking water, and to reduce the quantity that reaches the bloodstream after ingestion, and thus, their toxicity. This review provides a summary of the existing literature on strategies based on the use of lactic acid bacteria or yeasts belonging to the genus Saccharomyces that are employed in food industry or for dietary purposes.
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