A survey of the occurrence of deoxynivalenol in wheat from 1986-1988 harvests in the USSR.
The occurrence of deoxynivalenol (DON; vomitoxin) in wheat from 1986-1988 harvests in the USSR was surveyed. A significant frequency of DON contamination (81.3% of samples analyzed) was observed. A correlation between levels of DON contamination and percentage of Fusarium-damaged kernels was demonstrated. It was shown that DON contamination did not exceed the maximum tolerated level (MTL) established in the USSR (1.0 mg/kg) if samples contained no more than 0.6% of Fusarium-damaged kernels.
Institute of Nutrition, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
V A
VA
Tutelyan
K I
KI
Eller
V S
VS
Sobolev
V V
VV
Pimenova
L P
LP
Zakharova
N I
NI
Muzychenko
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis*; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000032:analysis*; D014908:Triticum / Q000032:analysis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014586:USSR
D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014255:Trichothecenes; C007262:deoxynivalenol