title: Co-occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins in mouldy and healthy corn from Korea.
abstract: A total of 71 samples consisting of 36 mouldy and 35 visibly healthy corn were collected from Kangwon province of Korea and analysed for 8-ketotrichothecenes, zearalenone (ZEA), and fumonisins, including fumonisin B1 (FB1), fumonisin B2 (FB2), and fumonisin B3 (FB3). Five 8-ketotrichothecenes, namely deoxynivalenol (DON), 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15-ADON), 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (3-ADON), nivalenol (NIV), and 4-acetylnivalenol (4-ANIV), ZEA, FB1, FB2, and FB3 were detected in corn samples. DON, 15-ADON, 3-ADON, NIV, 4-ANIV, ZEA, FB1, FB2, and FB3 were detected in mouldy corn with mean values of 4.0, 0.9, 0.2, 1.7, 0.4, 0.6, 23.2, 7.5, and 6.3 micrograms/g, respectively. Visibly healthy corn samples were contaminated with lower levels of 8-ketotrichothecenes, ZEA, and fumonisins than mouldy corn samples. However, 5 of 35 healthy corn samples analysed were contaminated with fumonisins at high levels up to 12.5 micrograms/g for FB1, 5.4 micrograms/g for FB2, and 0.5 microgram/g for FB3. This is the first report on the simultaneous occurrence of trichothecenes, ZEA, and fumonisins in corn from Korea.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005670:Fusarium; D007723:Korea; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins