Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina

Maize presents a substantial contamination by fumonisins (FB) throughout the world. In particular, Argentina presents a high frequency of positive samples and levels of up to 10,000 μg/kg of total FB, depending on the harvest campaign studied. Corn puff, an extruded product of high consumption among...

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Autores principales: Federico, F.J., Funes, G.J., Salas, M.P., Resnik, S.L.
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spelling todo:paper_01787888_v26_n4_p273_Federico2023-10-03T15:08:25Z Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina Federico, F.J. Funes, G.J. Salas, M.P. Resnik, S.L. Corn puff Extruded products Fumonisin Fungal toxin fumonisin B1 fumonisin B2 fumonisin B3 mycotoxin unclassified drug Argentina article controlled study corn fluorescence analysis food analysis food contamination food processing fungal contamination high performance liquid chromatography toxin analysis Neptunia Zea mays Maize presents a substantial contamination by fumonisins (FB) throughout the world. In particular, Argentina presents a high frequency of positive samples and levels of up to 10,000 μg/kg of total FB, depending on the harvest campaign studied. Corn puff, an extruded product of high consumption among children and adolescent populations, was analyzed with the aim of determining the presence and levels of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3. In the present study, 20 samples of different brands were collected from commercial stores. Two solvent systems, two types of agitation, and the number of extractions were tested in order to find the most suitable method to establish the level of fumonisins in corn puff. Extracts were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. A C18 column and precolumn derivatization with orthophtalaldialdehyde were utilized. The average of fumonisins found in 20 samples was 257.5 μg/kg (n∈=∈19), 70.4 μg/kg (n∈∈=∈14) and 73.3 μg/kg (n∈∈=∈6) for FB1, FB2 and FB3, on positive samples, respectively. These are the first analyses in Argentina of this type of product, highlighting the need to continue the studies in the processing industries because, despite the extrusion process that the raw material suffers, a sample was found with a contamination of 1,649 μg/kg total fumonisins. © 2010 Society for Mycotoxin Research and Springer. Fil:Funes, G.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Resnik, S.L. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01787888_v26_n4_p273_Federico
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topic Corn puff
Extruded products
Fumonisin
Fungal toxin
fumonisin B1
fumonisin B2
fumonisin B3
mycotoxin
unclassified drug
Argentina
article
controlled study
corn
fluorescence analysis
food analysis
food contamination
food processing
fungal contamination
high performance liquid chromatography
toxin analysis
Neptunia
Zea mays
spellingShingle Corn puff
Extruded products
Fumonisin
Fungal toxin
fumonisin B1
fumonisin B2
fumonisin B3
mycotoxin
unclassified drug
Argentina
article
controlled study
corn
fluorescence analysis
food analysis
food contamination
food processing
fungal contamination
high performance liquid chromatography
toxin analysis
Neptunia
Zea mays
Federico, F.J.
Funes, G.J.
Salas, M.P.
Resnik, S.L.
Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
topic_facet Corn puff
Extruded products
Fumonisin
Fungal toxin
fumonisin B1
fumonisin B2
fumonisin B3
mycotoxin
unclassified drug
Argentina
article
controlled study
corn
fluorescence analysis
food analysis
food contamination
food processing
fungal contamination
high performance liquid chromatography
toxin analysis
Neptunia
Zea mays
description Maize presents a substantial contamination by fumonisins (FB) throughout the world. In particular, Argentina presents a high frequency of positive samples and levels of up to 10,000 μg/kg of total FB, depending on the harvest campaign studied. Corn puff, an extruded product of high consumption among children and adolescent populations, was analyzed with the aim of determining the presence and levels of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3. In the present study, 20 samples of different brands were collected from commercial stores. Two solvent systems, two types of agitation, and the number of extractions were tested in order to find the most suitable method to establish the level of fumonisins in corn puff. Extracts were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. A C18 column and precolumn derivatization with orthophtalaldialdehyde were utilized. The average of fumonisins found in 20 samples was 257.5 μg/kg (n∈=∈19), 70.4 μg/kg (n∈∈=∈14) and 73.3 μg/kg (n∈∈=∈6) for FB1, FB2 and FB3, on positive samples, respectively. These are the first analyses in Argentina of this type of product, highlighting the need to continue the studies in the processing industries because, despite the extrusion process that the raw material suffers, a sample was found with a contamination of 1,649 μg/kg total fumonisins. © 2010 Society for Mycotoxin Research and Springer.
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author Federico, F.J.
Funes, G.J.
Salas, M.P.
Resnik, S.L.
author_facet Federico, F.J.
Funes, G.J.
Salas, M.P.
Resnik, S.L.
author_sort Federico, F.J.
title Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
title_short Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
title_full Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
title_fullStr Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Natural occurrence of fumonisins in corn puff in Argentina
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