Occurrence of zearalenone in Korean barley and corn foods
Titel:
Occurrence of zearalenone in Korean barley and corn foods
Auteur:
Park, J. W. Kim, E. K. Shon, D. H. Kim, Y. B.
Verschenen in:
Food additives and contaminants. Pt. A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
Paginering:
Jaargang 19 (2002) nr. 2 pagina's 158-162
Jaar:
2002-02-01
Inhoud:
The presence of zearalenone (ZEN) in Korean foods such as barley, barley-based foods, corn, corn-based foods, fruits and vegetables was investigated by direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dcELISA) and the liquid chromatography (LC) method. A total of 164 samples was collected from Seoul, Korea, in 1998 and 1999 including 30 barley, 32 barley-based foods, 18 corn, 47 corn-based foods, 19 dried red pepper, nine dried jujube, and nine dried persimmon. Average recoveries of ZEN from barley and corn by dcELISA were 138 and 145%, and by LC were 91 and 83% respectively at spiking levels of 5- 500ngg -1 . The detection limit for ZEN was 3ngg -1 by dcELISA and 4ngg -1 by LC. From 164 samples analysed, ZEN was found by dcELISA in 35 samples (21%) with a mean level of 30ngg -1 . Barley-based foods had the highest incidence of ZEN (38%) followed by barley (33%), corn-based foods (26%) and corn (22%). No ZEN was detected in any red pepper, jujube or persimmon samples. A high degree of correlation (r 2 = 0.86) was observed between the 35 positive samples detected by dcELISA and 31 samples by LC.