title: Contamination of human milk with ochratoxin A.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio Alimenti, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Micco
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ambruzzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Onori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benelli
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A