Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 141, Issue 3, Pages 1747-1755Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.04.061
Keywords
Enniatin; Mycotoxin; Fusarium; Organic cereal; Mass spectrometry
Funding
- Conselleria de Educacio of Generalitat Valenciana
- del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion del Gobiemo de Espana [AGL 2010-17024/ALI]
- European Commission [KBBE-2007-2-5-05]
- Science and Innovation Spanish Ministry [AGL2010-17024/ALI]
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In the present study, the occurrence of eighteen mycotoxins, nine trichothecenes (deoxynivalenol, 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, neosolaniol, diacetoxyscirpenol, fusarenon-X, T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin), three zearalenones (zearalenone, alpha-zearalenol and beta-zearalenol), and six emergent mycotoxins, beauvericin and five enniatins (A, A1, B, B1 and B4), was monitored in different Italian organic cereals and cereal products by using a liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry method. A total of 93 organic cereal samples (wheat, barley, rye and oat) were collected from Italy. Limits of quantification ranged from 5 to 15 mu g/kg. 80% of analyzed samples contained mycotoxins. The occurrence was 33%, 6.5%, 2%, 27%, 7%, 10% and 43% for deoxynivalenol, HT-2, T-2, nivalenol, zearalenone, beauvericin and enniatins, respectively. The major mycotoxin found was enniatin B4; it was detected in 40% of all analyzed samples and its levels ranged from 5.7 to 284.2 mu g/kg. Risk assessment was evaluated by ELM calculations which were lower than TDI for all legislated Fusarium mycotoxins. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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