Screening of moulds and mycotoxins in tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, soft red fruits and derived tomato products

Perre, Evelien Van de; Deschuyffeleer, Nick; Jacxsens, Liesbeth; Vekeman, Femke; Hauwaert, Wendy Van Der; Asam, Stefan; Rychlik, Michael; Devlieghere, Frank; Meulenaer, Bruno De

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.09.034

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“…Therefore it is important for consumer health to analyse whole sunflower seeds. Unlike other studies (Ackermann et al, 2011;Noser et al, 2011;Van de Perre et al, 2014), no Alternaria toxins were found in fresh tomatoes. In contrast, TeA was the prevalent toxin in all tomato sauces and processed tomato juices, ranging from 66 to 402 mg kg À1 , while AOH and AME occurred in half of these samples at much lower levels (Fig.…”

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Occurrence of Alternaria toxins in food products in The Netherlands

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Occurrence of Alternaria toxins in food products in The Netherlands

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“…Consequently, Alternaria mycotoxins were detected in cereals and derived products [46,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76], feed [74,[109][110][111][112][113], dairy products [114], grapes and by-products [27,77,115], tomatoes and derived products [31,47,77,81,106,113], nuts and by-products [102,116], spices [117], soybeans [76,116,118], sunflower seeds [85,104,107], vegetables [27,101], vegetable oils [105], strawberries …”

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AlternariaMycotoxins in Food and Feed: An Overview

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Alternaria is one of the major mycotoxigenic fungal genera with more than 70 reported metabolites. Alternaria mycotoxins showed notably toxicity, such as mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, induction of DNA strand break, sphingolipid metabolism disruption, or inhibition of enzymes activity and photophosphorylation. This review reports on the toxicity, stability, metabolism, current analytical methods, and prevalence of Alternaria mycotoxins in food and feed through the most recent published research. Half of the publications were focused on fruits, vegetables, and derived products-mainly tomato and apples-while cereals and cereal byproducts represented 38%. The most studied compounds were alternariol, alternariol methyl ether, tentoxin, and tenuazonic acid, but altenuene, altertoxins (I, II, and III), and macrosporin have been gaining importance in recent years. Solid-liquid extraction (50%) with acetonitrile or ethyl acetate was the most common extraction methodology, followed by QuEChERS and dilutiondirect injection (both 14%). High-and ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry was the predominant determination technique (80%). The highest levels of alternariol and alternariol methyl ether were found in lentils, oilseeds, tomatoes, carrots, juices, wines, and cereals. Tenuazonic acid highest levels were detected in cereals followed by beer, while alternariol, alternariol methyl ether, tenuazonic acid, and tentoxin were found in legumes, nuts, and oilseeds.

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“…In 80% of the dried eggplant samples and 100% of the dried green bell pepper samples, OTA exceeded this maximum value (15 mg kg À1 ). Van de Perre et al (2014) investigated the presence of OTA in some mouldy fresh vegetables. No detectable levels of OTA were found in sweet bell pepper samples.…”

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