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Screening survey of deoxynivalenol in beer from the European market by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Source :
- Food additives and contaminants. 21(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Deoxynivalenol (DON) was analysed in 313 beer samples collected from the European retail market using a commercially available immunoassay kit (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA). The incidence rate was about 87%, while most samples (73%) had contamination levels lower than 20 ng m(-1). The contamination ranged between 4.0 and 56.7 ng ml(-1), with an average of 13.5 ng ml(-1). A statistically significant correlation between alcohol levels and DON contamination was found, as well as a significant difference between bottom, top and spontaneous fermenting beers. Twenty-seven beer samples were compared using a second ELISA kit and a good correlation was obtained between the two kits (r = 0.93). Although when compared with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry the ELISA tended to overestimate the results, a good correlation (r=0.94) between the two methods was observed. Monitoring of DON in beer is important considering that DON production is dependent on the weather and that it can contribute significantly to the tolerable daily intake of DON, especially for frequent beer consumers.
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
International Cooperation
Retail market
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Food Contamination
Toxicology
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Elisa kit
Vomitoxin
medicine
European market
Humans
Food science
Mycotoxin
Chromatography
medicine.diagnostic_test
Significant difference
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
food and beverages
Beer
Reproducibility of Results
General Chemistry
Contamination
Europe
chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Immunoassay
Trichothecenes
Food Analysis
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0265203X
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Food additives and contaminants
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81bafe35afdfc099d7e251b73a6b9281