Interacting Environmental Stress Factors Affect Metabolomics Profiles in Stored Naturally Contaminated Maize.

ABSTRACT: There is interest in understanding the relationship between naturally contaminated commodities and the potential for the production of different useful and toxic secondary metabolites (SMs). This study examined the impact of interacting abiotic stress parameters of water availability and temperature of stored naturally contaminated maize on the SM production profiles. Thus, the effect of steady-state storage water activity (a_w; 0.80-0.95) and temperature (20-35 °C) conditions on SM production patterns in naturally contaminated maize was examined. The samples were analysed using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to evaluate (a) the total number of known SMs, (b) their concentrations, and (c) changes under two-way interacting environmental stress conditions

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Cela E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9144858 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature