Vol. 51 No. 1 (2012)
1st Special Issue on Mycotoxin risks in Mediterranean countries - Research pap.

Occurrence of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 in breakfast and infant cereals from Morocco

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  • Naima MAHNINE,
  • Guiseppe MECA,
  • Monica FERNÁNDEZ-FRANZÓN,
  • Jordi MAÑES,
  • Abdellah ZINEDINE
Abdellah ZINEDINE
National Institute of Health, Rabat, Morocco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-9472

Published 2012-03-09

Keywords

  • analysis,
  • cereals products,
  • contamination

How to Cite

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N. MAHNINE, G. MECA, M. FERNÁNDEZ-FRANZÓN, J. MAÑES, and A. ZINEDINE, “Occurrence of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 in breakfast and infant cereals from Morocco”, Phytopathol. Mediterr., vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 193–197, Mar. 2012.
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Abstract

A total of 68 cereal products (48 breakfast cereals and 20 infant cereals) were collected from supermarkets and pharmacies in the Rabat-Salé area of Morocco and the content of fumonisins (FB1, FB2 and FB3) was analysed. Samples were extracted with a mixture of acetonitrile/water (85/15, v/v) by using an ultra-turrax homogenizer. Mycotoxins were then identified and quantified by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Results showed that fumonisins were detected in 20 samples (18 breakfast cereals and 2 infant cereals) with a frequency of contamination of 29.4% of total samples. The most contaminated products were cornflakes (maize) and breakfast cereals (rice, maize and cacao) with 10 and 4 positive samples respectively. The highest value was found in a breakfast cereal with 228 μg kg-1 of total fumonisins.
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