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Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives

Ergot alkaloids are secondary metabolites resulting from fungi of the genus Claviceps that have proven to be highly toxic. These mycotoxins commonly infect cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Due to the increase worldwide consumption of cereal and cereal-based products, the presence o...

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Autores principales: Silva, Ângela, Mateus, Ana Rita Soares, Barros, Sílvia Cruz, Silva, Ana Sanches
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10609535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37894711
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28207233
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description Ergot alkaloids are secondary metabolites resulting from fungi of the genus Claviceps that have proven to be highly toxic. These mycotoxins commonly infect cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Due to the increase worldwide consumption of cereal and cereal-based products, the presence of ergot alkaloids in food presents a concern for human safety. For this reason, it is essential to develop several analytical methods that allow the detection of these toxic compounds. This review compiles and discusses the most relevant studies and methods used in the detection and quantification of ergot alkaloids. Moreover, the decontamination techniques are also addressed, with special attention to sorting, cleaning, frying, baking, peeling, and ammonization methods, as they are the only ones already applied to ergot alkaloids.
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spelling pubmed-106095352023-10-28 Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives Silva, Ângela Mateus, Ana Rita Soares Barros, Sílvia Cruz Silva, Ana Sanches Molecules Review Ergot alkaloids are secondary metabolites resulting from fungi of the genus Claviceps that have proven to be highly toxic. These mycotoxins commonly infect cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Due to the increase worldwide consumption of cereal and cereal-based products, the presence of ergot alkaloids in food presents a concern for human safety. For this reason, it is essential to develop several analytical methods that allow the detection of these toxic compounds. This review compiles and discusses the most relevant studies and methods used in the detection and quantification of ergot alkaloids. Moreover, the decontamination techniques are also addressed, with special attention to sorting, cleaning, frying, baking, peeling, and ammonization methods, as they are the only ones already applied to ergot alkaloids. MDPI 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10609535/ /pubmed/37894711 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28207233 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives
title_fullStr Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives
title_short Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives
title_sort ergot alkaloids on cereals and seeds: analytical methods, occurrence, and future perspectives
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10609535/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28207233
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