Contamination of human milk with ochratoxin A.
Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin frequently found as a contaminant both in food and in animal feed. It can reach humans through the food chain and can then be excreted in biological fluids, one of which is human milk; it can therefore be transmitted from mother to child during breast-feeding. This fact prompted us to carry out the present study, aimed at the determination of ochratoxin A in human milk in Italy, as done elsewhere. Fifty samples of human milk were collected randomly over one year and analysed by a high-performance liquid chromatography method. Nine samples were found to contain levels in the range of 1.7-6.6 ng/ml.
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio Alimenti, Rome, Italy.
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Miraglia
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Onori
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D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D012306:Risk
D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A