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MYCOTOXIN RESEARCH
卷 35, 期 3, 页码 231-242出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-019-00346-y
关键词
Tenebrio molitor; Yellow mealworm; Zearalenone; alpha-ZEL; beta-ZEL; Phase II metabolites
资金
- AIF within the programme of promoting the Industrial Collective Research (IGF) of the German Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) [27 LN/1]
Edible insects as additional food and/or feed source may represent one important component to solve the problem of food security for a growing human population. Especially for covering the rising demand for protein of animal origin, seven insect species currently allowed as feed constituents in the European Union are gaining more interest. However, before considering insects such as yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) as suitable for, e.g. human consumption, the possible presence and accumulation of contaminants must be elucidated. The present work investigates the effects of the mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN) and its metabolites on insect larvae. Seven different diets were prepared: toxin-free control, spiked and artificially contaminated (both containing approx.500 mu g/kg and approx. 2000 mu g/kg of ZEN) as well as two naturally contaminated diets (600 mu g/kg and 900 mu g/kg ZEN). The diets were used in a multiple-week feeding trial using T. molitor larvae as model insects. The amount of ZEN and its metabolites in the feed, larvae and the residue were measured by HPLC-MS/MS. A significantly enhanced individual larval weight was found for the insects fed on the naturally contaminated diets compared to the other feeding groups after 8weeks of exposure. No ZEN or ZEN metabolites were detected in the T. molitor larvae after harvest. However, ZEN, alpha- and beta-stereoisomers of zearalenol were found in the residue samples indicating an intense metabolism of ZEN in the larvae. No further ZEN metabolites could be detected in any sample. Thus, ZEN is not retained to any significant amount in T. molitor larvae.
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