Urinary mycoestrogens and gestational weight gain in the UPSIDE pregnancy cohort

• Main Authors: Carolyn W. Kinkade (Author), Zorimar Rivera-Núñez (Author), Anita Brinker (Author), Brian Buckley (Author), Olivia Waysack (Author), Amber Kautz (Author), Ying Meng (Author), Pamela Ohman Strickland (Author), Robert Block (Author), Susan W. Groth (Author), Thomas G. O'Connor (Author), Lauren M. Aleksunes (Author), Emily S. Barrett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Zearalenone (ZEN), a secondary metabolite of Fusarium fungi, is one of the most common mycotoxins in global food supplies such as cereal grains and processed food. ZEN and its metabolites are commonly referred to as mycoestrogens, due to their ability to directly bind nuclear est...