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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Natural occurrence of mycotoxins in staple cereals from Ethiopia
Mycopathologia, Volume 162, No. 1, Year 2006
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The occurrence of mycotoxins in barley, sorghum, teff (Eragrostis tef) and wheat from Ethiopia has been studied. Samples were analyzed for aflatoxin B 1 (AFB1), ochratoxin A (OTA), deoxynivalenol (DON), nivalenol (NIV) and zearalenone (ZEN) using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and for fumonisins (FUM) using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). AFB1 and OTA were detected in samples of all the four crops. AFB1 was detected in 8.8% of the 352 samples analyzed at concentrations ranging from trace to 26 μg kg-1. OTA occurred in 24.3% of 321 samples at a mean concentration of 54.1 μg kg-1 and a maximum of 2106 μg kg-1. DON occurred in barley, sorghum and wheat at 40-2340 μg kg-1 with an overall incidence of 48.8% among the 84 mainly 'suspect' samples analyzed; NIV was co-analyzed with DON and was detected at 40 μg kg-1 in a wheat sample and at 50, 380, and 490 μg kg-1 in three sorghum samples. FUM and ZEN occurred only in sorghum samples with low frequencies at concentrations reaching 2117 and 32 μg kg-1, respectively. The analytical results indicate higher mycotoxin contamination in sorghum, which could be related to the widespread storage of sorghum grain in underground pits leading to elevated seed moisture contents. This is the first report on the occurrence of OTA in teff. © Springer 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ayalew, Amare
Ethiopia, Dire Dawa
Haramaya University
Fehrmann, Hartmut
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Lepschy, Johann
Unknown Affiliation
Beck, Robert
Unknown Affiliation
Abate, Dawit
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Statistics
Citations: 151
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11046-006-0027-8
ISSN:
0301486X
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Ethiopia