“…Citrinin has also been identified as a contaminant in various types of human foods such as corn, wheat, rice, barley, maize, rye, oats and nuts (Scott et al, 1972;Nelson et al, 1985;Abramson et al, 2001). The toxicities of citrinin have been frequently reported as cytotoxic (50-220 μM, 24-72 hr as LC 50 , which depends on cell type) (Liu et al, 2003;Yu et al, 2006;Bouslimi et al, 2008) and nephrotoxic via swelling of the kidney and acute tubular necrosis (50-134 mg/kg orally as LD 50 , which depends on species) (Ambrose and DeEds, 1946;Friis et al, 1969;Krogh et al, 1970). The mechanism of citrinin toxicity is thought to involve mitochondrial dysfunction (Aleo et al, 1991;Chagas et al, 1992aChagas et al, , 1992bDa Lozzo et al, 1998).…”