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Research Paper | Mycology Science | Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2016 | Pages: 153 - 158 | India
HPLC Analysis of In-Shell Walnuts for the Natural Incidence and Co-Occurrence of Fusarial Toxins - Zearalenone, Zearalenol and Deoxynivalenol
Abstract: An investigation was carried out to determine the natural occurrence of some fusarial toxins viz. , zearalenone (ZEA), zearalenol (ZAL) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in commercially important in-shell walnut kernels. HPLC analysis showed contamination of ZEA in 63.33 % samples and that of ZAL in 13.33 % samples. Among the thirty market samples that were investigated, only one sample of in-shell walnuts was found to be contaminated with DON. Co-occurrence of these fusarial toxins was also detected in some of the in-shell samples. Of the samples analysed, 10 % showed co-occurrence of ZEA and ZAL, whereas 3.33 % samples showed co-occurrence of ZEA and DON. In all these samples, the detected amount of ZAL and DON was much higher than that of ZEA.
Keywords: Juglans regia, zea, zal, don, mycotoxins
How to Cite?: Rohini Sharma, Geeta Sumbali, "HPLC Analysis of In-Shell Walnuts for the Natural Incidence and Co-Occurrence of Fusarial Toxins - Zearalenone, Zearalenol and Deoxynivalenol", Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2016, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 153-158, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=NOV161095, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/NOV161095