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Naturally contaminated corn implicated in an outbreak of equine leukoencephalomalacia (ELEM) in southeastern Arizona was analyzed for mutagenic potential using the Salmonella/microsome mutagenicity assay before and after treatment with the ammonia procedure. Crude acetonitrile: water (1+1) extracts of high-pressure/ambient temperature (HP/AT) ammonia decontaminated, HP/AT plus low pressure/high temperature (LP/HT), and non-ammoniated fumonisin contaminated corn were tested for mutagenic potentials. Relatively pure (approx. 90%) fumonisin B1 standard was also tested for comparison purposes. The results of this experiment indicate that there was no mutagenic potential for the fumonisin B1 standard at the concentrations tested (100 μg/plate). Also, neither the naturally-contaminated corn nor the ammonia decontaminated samples elicited a positive mutagenic response. Fumonisin B1 levels, as determined by HPLC methods, were reduced by an average of 79% via the ammonia decontamination process. It is encouraging to note that, while further work is necessary to increase the efficacy of the ammonia process to reduce fumonisin levels, the ammonia process did reduce fumonisin levels and no mutagenic potentials were apparent in the treated corn.
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Abbreviations
- HP/AT:
-
high pressure/ambient temperature
- LP/HT:
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low pressure/high temperature
- ELEM:
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equine leukoencephalomalacia
- FB1 :
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fumonisin B1
- FB2 :
-
fumonisin B2
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Park, D.L., Rua, S.M., Mirocha, C.J. et al. Mutagenic potentials of fumonisin contaminated corn following ammonia decontamination procedure. Mycopathologia 117, 105–108 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497285
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497285