title: A case report on a minor contamination of nivalenol in cereals harvested in Canada.
abstract: An investigation for the occurrence of nivalenol (NIV), deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) in cereals (ten wheat, one rye and one corn) harvested in Canada have been carried out using a procedure, which is rapid and sensitive for Fusarium mycotoxins. NIV, DON and ZEN were detected in 4, 9 and 9 out of ten wheat samples, and their average levels in the positives were 23 ng/g, 1257 ng/g and 9 ng/g, respectively. One rye and one corn were also contaminated with a minor amount of NIV. This is the first evidence for the natural occurrence of NIV in cereals grown in Canada, though its level was far less than DON.
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Chemistry, Public Health Research Institute of Kobe City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005670:Fusarium; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000032:analysis*; D012434:Secale / Q000032:analysis; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis*; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000032:analysis*; D014908:Triticum / Q000032:analysis; D003313:Zea mays / Q000032:analysis; D015025:Zearalenone / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012118:Resorcinols; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014255:Trichothecenes; D015025:Zearalenone; C038405:nivalenol; C007262:deoxynivalenol