title: The brine shrimp (Artemia salina) bioassay: A simple method to assess the toxicity of fumonisin mycotoxins.
abstract: Several fumonisin mycotoxins were compared for their toxicity using the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) bioassay. Of the substances tested, fumonisin FB1 emerged to be the most toxic whereas its N-carboxymethyl analogue 1 was 100-fold less effective. The hydrolysed fumonisins showed a four- to six-fold reduced toxicity compared to FB1. N-Palmitoyl-HFB1 2 had a higher LC50 value than its precursor HFB1. The brine shrimp assay proved to be a convenient and rapid system for toxicity assessment of this group of mycotoxins. The detailed results have been published recently (1).
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Lebensmittelchemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Humpf