title: Natural occurrence of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in wheat from Jiangsu province, China.
abstract: A three-year (2010-2012) survey was conducted to assess the prevalence and concentrations of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) in wheat from several regions of Jiangsu province, China, which are heavily impacted by Fusarium head blight. A total of 180 wheat samples were obtained from the infected fields that spread 21 counties. DON and ZEN levels were determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). DON was found in 74.4% of samples at levels ranging from 14.52 to 41157.13 μg/kg (mean 488.02 μg/kg), while ZEN was found in 12.8% of samples at levels ranging from 10.13 to 3048.88 μg/kg (mean 73.04 μg/kg). In years and regions of higher rainfall, DON and ZEN levels were higher in samples. These results are necessary to take a vigilant attitude to prevent human intake of trichothecenes and protect human's health from the risk of exposure to these toxins.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-Product Safety and Quality, Key Laboratory of Agro-Product Safety Risk Evaluation (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-Product Safety and Quality, Key Laboratory of Agro-Product Safety Risk Evaluation (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014, China.
authors.forename: Jianhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-Product Safety and Quality, Key Laboratory of Agro-Product Safety Risk Evaluation (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-Product Safety and Quality, Key Laboratory of Agro-Product Safety Risk Evaluation (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014, China.
authors.forename: Xianchao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-Product Safety and Quality, Key Laboratory of Agro-Product Safety Risk Evaluation (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014, China. Electronic address: jianrong63@126.com.
authors.forename: Jianrong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005670:Fusarium / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry*; D015025:Zearalenone / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014255:Trichothecenes; D015025:Zearalenone; C007262:deoxynivalenol
keywords: China; Deoxynivalenol; Occurrence; Wheat; Zearalenone