Azcarate M P, Patriarca A, Terminiello L, Fernández Pinto V
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Anguil "Ing. Agr. Guillermo Covas.," Ruta Nacional 5 Km 580, C.C: 11 (6326), Anguil, La Pampa, Argentina.
J Food Prot. 2008 Jun;71(6):1262-5. doi: 10.4315/0362-028x-71.6.1262.
The natural occurrence of Alternaria mycotoxins in Argentinean wheat from the zone 5 South during the 2004 to 2005 harvest was investigated in 64 wheat samples. All samples were highly contaminated with a wide range of fungal species. Alternaria was found as the main component of the mycota, with an infection percentage of 100%. Three mycotoxins produced by species of Alternaria were determined in wheat: alternariol, alternariol monomethyl ether, and tenuazonic acid. Alternariol was detected in 4 (6%) of 64 samples, with a range of 645 to 1,388 microg/kg (mean of 1,054 microg/kg); alternariol monomethyl ether, with a range of 566 to 7,451 microg/kg (mean of 2,118 microg/kg) in 15 (23%) of 64 samples; and tenuazonic acid in 12 (19%) of 64 samples, with a range of 1,001 to 8,814 microg/kg (mean, 2,313 microg/kg). Alternariol monomethyl ether was the predominant toxin, but tenuazonic acid was detected in higher concentrations. Alternariol was present in fewer samples and in lower levels than were the other toxins. Tenuazonic acid and alternariol monomethyl ether occurred together in four samples, while tenuazonic acid and alternariol co-occurred in one sample. This the first report of the natural occurrence of Alternaria mycotoxins in Argentinean wheat. Toxin levels were high, probably due to the heavy infection with Alternaria species found in the samples.
对2004年至2005年收获季来自阿根廷南部5区的64份小麦样本中链格孢霉菌毒素的自然发生情况进行了调查。所有样本都被多种真菌高度污染。链格孢菌被发现是真菌区系的主要成分,感染率为100%。在小麦中测定了链格孢菌产生的三种霉菌毒素:交链孢酚、交链孢酚单甲醚和细交链格孢菌酮酸。在64份样本中的4份(6%)中检测到交链孢酚,含量范围为645至1388微克/千克(平均为1054微克/千克);交链孢酚单甲醚在64份样本中的15份(23%)中被检测到,含量范围为566至7451微克/千克(平均为2118微克/千克);细交链格孢菌酮酸在64份样本中的12份(19%)中被检测到,含量范围为1001至8814微克/千克(平均为2313微克/千克)。交链孢酚单甲醚是主要毒素,但细交链格孢菌酮酸的检测浓度更高。交链孢酚存在于较少的样本中,且含量低于其他毒素。细交链格孢菌酮酸和交链孢酚单甲醚在4个样本中同时出现,而细交链格孢菌酮酸和交链孢酚在1个样本中同时出现。这是阿根廷小麦中自然发生链格孢霉菌毒素的首次报告。毒素水平很高,可能是由于样本中发现的链格孢菌属感染严重。