Natural occurrence of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in wheat from Jiangsu province, China

• Published in: Food chemistry Vol. 157; pp. 393 - 397
• Main Authors: Ji, Fang, Xu, Jianhong, Liu, Xin, Yin, Xianchao, Shi, Jianrong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; China; Deoxynivalenol; Food toxicology; Fusarium; Fusarium - growth & development; Fusarium head blight; Humans; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; Medical sciences; Occurrence; Plant poisons toxicology; rain; risk; surveys; Toxicology; Trichothecenes - chemistry; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Zearalenone; Zearalenone - analysis; Zearalenone - chemistry; Asia; China; Zearalenone; Deoxynivalenol; Occurrence; Wheat; China; Toxin; Mycotoxin; Vomitoxin; Cereal

•A three-year survey was conducted to evaluate the natural occurrence of DON and ZEN in FHB frequently epidemic region.•74.4% Wheat samples were DON contaminated, while 12.8% of them were ZEN contaminated.•Rainfall from flowering to harvesting plays a major role in DON and ZEN accumulation. A three-...