Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites of fungi that contaminate a large variety of foods and have toxic effects on humans. The best protection against mycotoxins is to monitor their presence in food. This paper shows the screening results of mycotoxins present in 76 samples of different groups...
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| author | Matić Jovana J. Mastilović Jasna S. Čabarkapa Ivana S. Mandić Anamarija I. |
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| description | Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites of fungi that contaminate a large variety of foods and have toxic effects on humans. The best protection against mycotoxins is to monitor their presence in food. This paper shows the screening results of mycotoxins present in 76 samples of different groups of grain foods. Samples of grain food were analyzed for contamination with aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, zearalenone, fumonisins and deoxynivalenol. Analysis were conducted using competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). None of the samples was contaminated with aflatoxins. The most predominant mycotoxin was ochratoxin A with the mean level of 4.84 ± 4.49 ppb in 19.7% of the examined samples. Zearalenone, fumonisins, and deoxynivalenol were found in 9.21, 14.5 and 3.9% of the samples, respectively. Mycotoxin content in the investigated samples was compared with the regulations of Serbia and those of the European Union. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff83642eca404f3d95c21baf4d3105562022-12-21T19:30:04ZengMatica srpskaZbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke0352-49062009-01-012009117798610.2298/ZMSPN0917079MMycotoxins as a risk in the grain foodMatić Jovana J.Mastilović Jasna S.Čabarkapa Ivana S.Mandić Anamarija I.Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites of fungi that contaminate a large variety of foods and have toxic effects on humans. The best protection against mycotoxins is to monitor their presence in food. This paper shows the screening results of mycotoxins present in 76 samples of different groups of grain foods. Samples of grain food were analyzed for contamination with aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, zearalenone, fumonisins and deoxynivalenol. Analysis were conducted using competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). None of the samples was contaminated with aflatoxins. The most predominant mycotoxin was ochratoxin A with the mean level of 4.84 ± 4.49 ppb in 19.7% of the examined samples. Zearalenone, fumonisins, and deoxynivalenol were found in 9.21, 14.5 and 3.9% of the samples, respectively. Mycotoxin content in the investigated samples was compared with the regulations of Serbia and those of the European Union.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-4906/2009/0352-49060917079M.pdfELISAgrain foodmonitoringmycotoxins |
| spellingShingle | Matić Jovana J. Mastilović Jasna S. Čabarkapa Ivana S. Mandić Anamarija I. Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke ELISA grain food monitoring mycotoxins |
| title | Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| title_full | Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| title_fullStr | Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| title_short | Mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| title_sort | mycotoxins as a risk in the grain food |
| topic | ELISA grain food monitoring mycotoxins |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-4906/2009/0352-49060917079M.pdf |
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