title: Occurrence of fumonisins in Spanish beers analyzed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method.
abstract: This study describes the occurrence of fumonisin in a survey of 32 Spanish beers, including some non-alcoholic beers. The analysis was conducted using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method and, in the range assayed (0-100 ng fumonisin B1/ml spiked-beer), recovery rates were about 81%, with variation coefficients that did not exceed 4.2%. The detection limit with this method was 3 ng fumonisins/ml beer. Results for the fourteen positive samples (43.8% of total samples) showed that the lowest amount of fumonisins found in a positive sample was 4.76 ng/ml and the highest was 85.53 ng/ml.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Technology, CeRTA, University of Lleida, Spain.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sanchis
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D001515:Beer / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic