Assessment of Fumonisin B1 Concentrations in Wheat and Barley Products in the Punjab Region of Pakistan

Iqbal SZ 1 , Rehman B 1 , Selamat J 2 , Akram N 3 , Ahmad MN 1 , Sanny M 2 Show all authors , Sukor R 2 , Samsudin NI 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
J Food Prot, 2020 Aug 01;83(8):1284-1288.
PMID: 32678886 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-19-361

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A total of 133 samples of whole wheat and barley grains and wheat and barley flour collected from retail markets in the main cities of Punjab, Pakistan, were analyzed for the mycotoxin fumonisin B1 (FB1) using reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Of these samples, 120 (90%) were positive for FB1, and 75 (63%) of the 120 positive samples had FB1 concentrations higher than the European Union maximum (200 μg/kg). The limit of detection was 4 μg/kg. The highest mean (±SD) concentration of FB1 was found in whole wheat samples, 980.5 ± 211.4 μg/kg. The calculated dietary intakes of FB1 from wheat and barley flours were 4,456 and 503.7 ng/g of body weight per day, respectively.

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