Multiple Mycotoxins in Kenyan Rice.

ABSTRACT: 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%

SUBMITTER: Mutiga SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7998506 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature