title: Determination of fumonisin B1 and B2 in corn and corn-based products in Turkey by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate fumonisin B1 (FB1)- and B2 (FB2)-contaminated corn and corn-based products consumed especially by the Turkish population. FB1 and FB2 were detected using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. The total number of commercially available corn and corn-based product samples analyzed in this research was 82. The recoveries were found to be 94.4 +/- 4.62% and 86.5 +/- 4.86% for cornmeal spiked with known amounts of FB1 and FB2 (1 ppm), respectively. The minimum detectable amount for the o-phthaldialdehyde derivatives of FB1 and FB2 were 1 ng and 5 ng, respectively. Detected levels of FB1 were between 0.25 ppm and 2.66 ppm in 25.6% of the samples, and detected level of FB2 in a single cornmeal sample was 0.55 ppm.
authors.affiliation: Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Istanbul, Turkey. gomurtag@usa.net
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Omurtag
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005453:Fluorescence; D005506:Food Contamination; D037341:Fumonisins; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014421:Turkey; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D037341:Fumonisins; D009183:Mycotoxins; C056934:fumonisin B2; C056933:fumonisin B1