Multiple Mycotoxins in Kenyan Rice

Autor: Fredrick Nganga, Rosemary Murori, Joyce Musyoka, James K Gitau, George N. Chemining’wa, Samuel Mutiga, Vincent Koskei, J. Musembi Mutuku
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Toxins, Vol 13, Iss 203, p 203 (2021)
Toxins
Volume 13
Issue 3
ISSN: 2072-6651
DOI: 10.3390/toxins13030203
Popis: Multiple mycotoxins were tested in milled rice samples (n = 200) from traders at different milling points within the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Traders provided the names of the cultivar, village where paddy was cultivated, sampling locality, miller, and month of paddy harvest between 2018 and 2019. Aflatoxin, citrinin, fumonisin, ochratoxin A, diacetoxyscirpenol, T2, HT2, and sterigmatocystin were analyzed using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS). Deoxynivalenol was tested using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Mycotoxins occurred in ranges and frequencies in the following order: sterigmatocystin (0–7 ppb
74.5%), aflatoxin (0–993 ppb
55.5%), citrinin (0–9 ppb
55.5%), ochratoxin A (0–110 ppb
30%), fumonisin (0–76 ppb
26%), diacetoxyscirpenol (0–24 ppb
20.5%), and combined HT2 + T2 (0–62 ppb
14.5%), and deoxynivalenol was detected in only one sample at 510 ppb. Overall, low amounts of toxins were observed in rice with a low frequency of samples above the regulatory limits for aflatoxin, 13.5%
ochratoxin A, 6%
and HT2 + T2, 0.5%. The maximum co-contamination was for 3.5% samples with six toxins in different combinations. The rice cultivar, paddy environment, time of harvest, and millers influenced the occurrence of different mycotoxins. There is a need to establish integrated approaches for the mitigation of mycotoxin accumulation in the Kenyan rice.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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