Occurrence of major mycotoxins in maize from Hebei Province, China

doi:10.1007/s11703-011-1115-1

Front Agric Chin

2011, Vol. 5

Issue (4) : 497-503 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-011-1115-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Occurrence of major mycotoxins in maize from Hebei Province, China

Yizhi FENG, Bu TAO, Minhao PANG, Yingchao LIU(

), Jingao DONG(

)

The National Maize Industry Technology RD Center, MOA, Mycotoxin Laboratory, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China

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Abstract

To investigate the frequency of occurrence and the concentrations of aflatoxins (AFs), deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins (FBs) in naturally infected maize, 25 samples of maize collected from fields in Hebei Province, China, were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The maize samples were found to be frequently contaminated with DON (68%), ZEN (60%) and FBs (32%) in the range of from 28 to 2533 μg/kg, 60 to 1239 μg/kg and 150 to 4480 μg/kg, respectively. The average concentration found for DON, ZEN and FB1+ FB2 were 605, 238 and 418 μg/kg, respectively. The average concentration of DON (605 μg/kg) in our samples was below the maximum tolerable limit of 1000 μg/kg set as the Chinese standard for maize, while ZEN (238 μg/kg) was almost four times as high as the maximum tolerable limit of 60 μg/kg. The overall level of FB (FB1+ FB2) contamination was relatively low, with an average concentration of 418 μg/kg in 32% (8 of 25) of maize samples from Hebei. AFs were not detected in any of the tested samples. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of multimycotoxin in maize in China.

Keywords occurrence mycotoxins maize China

Corresponding Author(s): LIU Yingchao,Email:liuyingchao@hebau.edu.cn; DONG Jingao,Email:dongjingao@126.com

Issue Date: 05 December 2011

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Minhao PANG,Yingchao LIU,Jingao DONG, et al. Occurrence of major mycotoxins in maize from Hebei Province, China[J]. Front Agric Chin, 2011, 5(4): 497-503.

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Tab.1 Results of the intraday and interday precision study (both expressed as RSD%) obtained and calibration data for AFs, DON, ZEN and FBs

Tab.2 Recovery, limits of quantification (LOQs) and limits of detection (LODs) obtained for AFs, DON, ZEN and FBs by HPLC ( = 5)

Tab.3 Occurrence of AFs, DON, ZEN and FBs in maize from Hebei Province

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