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Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations

Consumption of cereals contaminated by mycotoxins poses health risks. For instance, Fumonisins B, mainly produced by Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium proliferatum, and the type B trichothecene deoxynivalenol, typically produced by Fusarium graminearum, are highly prevalent on cereal grains that...

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Autores principales: Ducos, Christine, Pinson-Gadais, Laetitia, Chereau, Sylvain, Richard-Forget, Florence, Vásquez-Ocmín, Pedro, Cerapio, Juan Pablo, Casavilca-Zambrano, Sandro, Ruiz, Eloy, Pineau, Pascal, Bertani, Stéphane, Ponts, Nadia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13020172
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author Ducos, Christine
Pinson-Gadais, Laetitia
Chereau, Sylvain
Richard-Forget, Florence
Vásquez-Ocmín, Pedro
Cerapio, Juan Pablo
Casavilca-Zambrano, Sandro
Ruiz, Eloy
Pineau, Pascal
Bertani, Stéphane
Ponts, Nadia
author_facet Ducos, Christine
Pinson-Gadais, Laetitia
Chereau, Sylvain
Richard-Forget, Florence
Vásquez-Ocmín, Pedro
Cerapio, Juan Pablo
Casavilca-Zambrano, Sandro
Ruiz, Eloy
Pineau, Pascal
Bertani, Stéphane
Ponts, Nadia
author_sort Ducos, Christine
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description Consumption of cereals contaminated by mycotoxins poses health risks. For instance, Fumonisins B, mainly produced by Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium proliferatum, and the type B trichothecene deoxynivalenol, typically produced by Fusarium graminearum, are highly prevalent on cereal grains that are staples of many cultural diets and known to represent a toxic risk hazard. In Peru, corn and other cereals are frequently consumed on a daily basis under various forms, the majority of food grains being sold through traditional markets for direct consumption. Here, we surveyed mycotoxin contents of market-bought grain samples in order to assess the threat these mycotoxins might represent to Peruvian population, with a focus on corn. We found that nearly one sample of Peruvian corn out of six was contaminated with very high levels of Fumonisins, levels mostly ascribed to the presence of F. verticillioides. Extensive profiling of Peruvian corn kernels for fungal contaminants could provide elements to refine the potential risk associated with Fusarium toxins and help define adapted food safety standards.
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spelling pubmed-79268922021-03-04 Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations Ducos, Christine Pinson-Gadais, Laetitia Chereau, Sylvain Richard-Forget, Florence Vásquez-Ocmín, Pedro Cerapio, Juan Pablo Casavilca-Zambrano, Sandro Ruiz, Eloy Pineau, Pascal Bertani, Stéphane Ponts, Nadia Toxins (Basel) Article Consumption of cereals contaminated by mycotoxins poses health risks. For instance, Fumonisins B, mainly produced by Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium proliferatum, and the type B trichothecene deoxynivalenol, typically produced by Fusarium graminearum, are highly prevalent on cereal grains that are staples of many cultural diets and known to represent a toxic risk hazard. In Peru, corn and other cereals are frequently consumed on a daily basis under various forms, the majority of food grains being sold through traditional markets for direct consumption. Here, we surveyed mycotoxin contents of market-bought grain samples in order to assess the threat these mycotoxins might represent to Peruvian population, with a focus on corn. We found that nearly one sample of Peruvian corn out of six was contaminated with very high levels of Fumonisins, levels mostly ascribed to the presence of F. verticillioides. Extensive profiling of Peruvian corn kernels for fungal contaminants could provide elements to refine the potential risk associated with Fusarium toxins and help define adapted food safety standards. MDPI 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7926892/ /pubmed/33672426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13020172 Text en © 2021 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ducos, Christine
Pinson-Gadais, Laetitia
Chereau, Sylvain
Richard-Forget, Florence
Vásquez-Ocmín, Pedro
Cerapio, Juan Pablo
Casavilca-Zambrano, Sandro
Ruiz, Eloy
Pineau, Pascal
Bertani, Stéphane
Ponts, Nadia
Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title_full Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title_fullStr Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title_full_unstemmed Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title_short Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxin-Producing Fusaria in Market-Bought Peruvian Cereals: A Food Safety Threat for Andean Populations
title_sort natural occurrence of mycotoxin-producing fusaria in market-bought peruvian cereals: a food safety threat for andean populations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13020172
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