title: A 4-year study of plasma ochratoxin A in a selected population in Tokyo by immunoassay and immunoaffinity column-linked HPLC.
abstract: Employing a competitive ELISA (cELISA) based on monoclonal antibody and a novel immunoaffinity-column (IAC)-linked HPLC-fluorometry, ochratoxin A (OTA) levels in the plasma of 184 healthy volunteers (130 males, 54 females) were surveyed in Tokyo during the 4 years from 1992 to 1996. It was found that 85% of the cases were positive for OTA except 38% in 1994, and an average value in the positives was estimated as 68 pg/ml. This suggests that the population in Tokyo is exposed to OTA at high frequency, although the level in plasma is far less than that reported in Europe and Canada. A partial contribution of fermented dietary foodstuffs, coffee and wine is suspected as the source of the OTA observed in the human plasma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology and Microbial Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Ichigaya, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000097:blood*; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000097:blood*; D014041:Tokyo
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins; D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A