Natural contamination of oat with group A trichothecene mycotoxins in Poland.
Ninety-nine naturally contaminated oat grain samples were collected in 12 plant breeding stations in different parts of Poland. T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin and diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS) levels were determined by gas chromatography with mass selective detection (GC-MS). HT-2 was the major toxin with an incidence of 24% and its average level in positive samples was 21 microg kg(-1). The incidence of T-2 and DAS was 15 and 12%, and their average levels were 60 and 23 microg kg(-1), respectively. The highest concentrations of HT-2, T-2 and DAS were 47, 703 and 111 microg kg(-1), respectively. Sixty-five samples were free of detectable amounts of the toxic metabolites analysed.
Perkowski
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Department of Chemistry, Agricultural University of Poznań, ul. Wojska Polskiego 75, 60-625 Poznań.
Basiński
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D018554:Avena / Q000737:chemistry*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D011044:Poland; D013605:T-2 Toxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000032:analysis*
D009183:Mycotoxins; D014255:Trichothecenes; D013605:T-2 Toxin; C012351:HT-2 toxin; C001809:diacetoxyscirpenol