Abstract

Mycotoxin producing moulds may contaminate numerous agricultural commodities either before harvest or during storage. A varied diet consisting of different foods may therefore be contaminated with a range of mycotoxins. The aim of the present study was to study concurrent exposure to mycotoxins through urinary multi-biomarker analysis, as well as its possible associations with the diet.Urinary samples from 252 adults, participating in the Swedish national dietary survey Riksmaten 2010-11, were collected together with a 4-day diet record. Concurrent mycotoxin exposure was studied using a multi-biomarker LC-MS/MS method. The results revealed that exposure to mycotoxins is common and concurrent exposure to more than one toxin was found in 69% of the study population. However, when comparing the number of toxins detected with the reported consumption data it was difficult to distinguish food patterns which would indicate an increased risk of exposure to many mycotoxins simultaneously.This is the first study to investigate concurrent mycotoxin exposure and urinary levels of fumonisin B<inf>1</inf> (FB<inf>1</inf>), fumonisin B<inf>2</inf> (FB<inf>2</inf>), nivalenol (NIV), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZEA), ?-zearalenol (?-ZOL), ?-zearalenol (?-ZOL) and de-epoxydeoxynivalenol (DOM-1) among adults in Sweden.

Autore Pugliese

• Gambacorta Lucia , Solfrizzo Michele

Tutti gli autori

• Wallin S.; Gambacorta L.; Kotova N.; Warensjo Lemming E.; Nalsen C.; Solfrizzo M.; Olsen M.

Titolo volume/Rivista

Food and chemical toxicology

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

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0278-6915

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