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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Co-occurrence and risk assessment of mycotoxins in food and diet from Mediterranean area.
Emilia FerrerA.b. SerranoMaría-josé RuizGuillermina Fontsubject
Mediterranean climateMediterranean Regiondigestive oral and skin physiologyfood and beveragesFood ContaminationGeneral MedicineBiologyMycotoxinsSorghumbiology.organism_classificationRisk AssessmentBeauvericinAnalytical ChemistryTriple quadrupole mass spectrometerchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryLc ms msMediterranean areaHumansFood scienceMycotoxinRisk assessmentEdible GrainFood AnalysisFood Sciencedescription
The contents of 14 mycotoxins were studied in samples of different cereals and cereal products from four countries of the Mediterranean region. Two hundred and sixty-five samples from Spain, Italy, Morocco and Tunisia were analysed. Samples were extracted with matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) and determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with a triple quadrupole mass analyser. The percentage of total samples contaminated was 53%. The frequency of contaminated samples from Spain, Italy, Tunisia and Morocco was 33%, 52%, 96% and 50%, respectively. Nivalenol and beauvericin were the most predominant mycotoxins. This is the first international report to study the presence of several mycotoxins in different types of cereal (rice, wheat, maize, rye, barley, oat, spelt and sorghum) and cereal products (snacks, pasta, soup, biscuits and flour) from the Mediterranean area, estimate the intake of mycotoxins and evaluate the risk assessment.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | Food chemistry |