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Production of fumonisin B1 and B2 byFusarium moniliforme isolated from Korean corn kerneis for feed

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The natural occurrence of fumonisin B1 (FB1) and B2 (FB2), a promoter for hepatocarcinogenesis, was investigated in Korean corn kernels for feed by HPLC with fluorescence detection. From the 12 corn kernel samples, FB1 was detected in 5 samples at levels ranging from 53 to 1327ng/g, while FB2 was found in 4 samples from 69 to 680ng/g. In the positive samples, the average concentrations of FB1 and FB2 were 506 and 288ng/g, respectively. One sample (No. K3) showed the highest FB1 and FB2 contents as 1327 and 680ng/g, respectively.

In the micrological survey on 5 positive samples for FB1 and FB2, 6 strains ofFusarium monlliforme were isolated, and all these isolates had a producibility of FB1 and FB1, with maximum levels of 80.7 to 180.9 g/g.Thisis the first report on the natural co-contamination of FB1 and FB2 in Korean corn kernels for feed, and on the ability ofF. moniliforme isolated from corn kernels for feed in Korea to produce FB1 and FB2.

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  1. Department of Food Engineering, National Chung-Ju University, Jungwon Gun, 383-870, Chung-Buk, Korea

    Lee Ung-Soo, Min Yun-Sik & Cho Chae-Min

  2. Department of Food Engineering, Chung-Buk National University, Cheong Ju, 360-763, Chung-Buk, Korea

    Lee Myong-Yur

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung-Ju University, Jungwon Gun, 383-870, Chung-Buk, Korea

    Shin Kwang-Sop

  4. Department of Toxicology and Microbial Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Ichigaya Shinjuku-ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshio Ueno

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Ung-Soo, L., Myong-Yur, L., Kwang-Sop, S. et al. Production of fumonisin B1 and B2 byFusarium moniliforme isolated from Korean corn kerneis for feed. Mycotox Res 10, 67–72 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192254

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