| [safety of rice grains and mycotoxins - a historical review of yellow rice mycotoxicoses]. | aflatoxins, the most powerful mycotoxins, were brought to the attention fo the people in the early 1960s with the outbreak of the turkey "x" disease in england. however, the history of mycotoxin research in japan began 100 years ago. in 1891, sakaki demonstrated that moldy, unpolished rice was fatal to experimental animals, with symptoms indicating paralysis of the central nervous system (shoshin-kakke). in 1920, prof. i. miyake and dr. takada first reported that penicillium commune, which was k ... | 2004 | 16025655 |