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Mycoflora and mycotoxins natural occurrence in corn from entre rios province, Argentina

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Corn samples were collected in 1999 from three departments of Entre Réos province, Argentina, and were surveyed for mould contamination and natural occurrence ofFusarium mycotoxins, ochratoxin A and aflatoxins.Fusarium verticillioides was the most prevalent fungal species recorded at all departments. Zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A were not found in any samples. Only one of the 52 corn samples analysed was contaminated with aflatoxin B1 (17 μg/kg). Fumonisin B1 was found in 58 % of samples (range of positive samples: 47– 3,347 μg/kg), fumonisin B2 in 33.0 % (range of positive samples: 23–537 μg/kg) and fumonisin B3 in 25.0 % (range of positive samples: 24–287 μg/kg) of them. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of mycotoxins in corn from Entre Ríos province, Argentina. Levels of fumonisins were lower than detected in other Argentinian provinces.

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  1. Centra de Investigación en Micotoxinas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján, Argentina

    Pacin AM

  2. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Pacin AM & Resnik SL

  3. Facultad de Bromatología, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina

    Broggi LE

  4. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Resnik SL

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    González HHL

  6. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    González HHL

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AM, P., LE, B., SL, R. et al. Mycoflora and mycotoxins natural occurrence in corn from entre rios province, Argentina. Mycotox Res 17, 39–44 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02946116

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