NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF MYCOTOXINS AND MYCOTOXIGENIC FUNGI IN CEREALS IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM

Authors
SCUDAMORE KA HETMANSKI MT
Citation
Ka. Scudamore et Mt. Hetmanski, NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF MYCOTOXINS AND MYCOTOXIGENIC FUNGI IN CEREALS IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM, Food additives and contaminants, 12(3), 1995, pp. 377-382
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Chemistry Applied","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Food additives and contaminants → ACNP
ISSN journal
0265203X
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
377 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0265-203X(1995)12:3<377:NOOMAM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Approximately 50 samples of poorly stored cereals were examined for my cotoxins, fungi and biological activity. While some mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A and citrinin occurred frequently, many other fungal meta bolites present could not be identified. Cereal extracts and isolates of some fungi, when grown in culture, were often toxic to brine shrimp larvae but, in some toxic extracts, no known mycotoxins were identifi ed. A preliminary report of this study forms the subject of this paper .