Overview and latest advances in fumonisins
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2005.3.944Keywords:
fumonisins, mycotoxins, food, maize, Fusarium verticillioidesAbstract
Since they were first identified in 1988, the fumonisins have attracted considerable
international attention due to their carcinogenic properties and almost universal natural
occurrence in maize and maize-based products. This review, based on a presentation to the
First Pan-American Symposium on Mycotoxins for Industry, will briefly deal with their fungal
production, natural occurrence, toxicology and recent international assessment. The current
status of methods available for their analytical determination, including extraction, clean-up
and chromatographic separation steps will be highlighted, as well as the more rapid methods
for the determination of total fumonisin based on immunological recognition.
Chromatographic methods currently available for the determination of fumonisins include
official methods based on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation of
fluorescent derivatives, screening methods based on thin layer chromatography (TLC) and
advanced research methods based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
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