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Incidence and potential health risk of deoxynivalenol in wheat samples harvested in eastern Croatia

People are exposed to various natural or synthetic chemical compounds that may have a negative effect on their health. One of the most important groups of natural toxins is mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolite products of moulds that occur during the cultivation of plants or during their storage. Due to their toxicity and effects caused in the human body, following mycotoxins are usually monitored: aflatoxin, ochratoxin, patulin, fumonisin (FUM), zearalenone (ZEA) and deoxynivalenol (DON). These mycotoxins often occur in grains, fruits, hazelnuts, almonds, seeds, as well in animal feed and in foodstuffs consisting of or produced from these plants. The aim of this work was to determine the incidence and potential health risk of deoxynivalenol in wheat samples collected from twenty five storage tanks in the area of eastern Croatia after the harvest 2009. In 4 of 25 wheat grains samples (16%) the deoxynivalenol was found at detectable levels.

deoxynivalenol ; wheat grains ; Croatia ; potential health risk

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