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. 1999 Mar;65(3):1331-4.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.65.3.1331-1334.1999.

Natural occurrence of the C series of fumonisins in moldy corn

J A Seo  1 , Y W Lee
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Natural occurrence of the C series of fumonisins in moldy corn

J A Seo et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

We analyzed 44 moldy corn samples for the B and C series of fumonisins by high-performance liquid chromatography. Of the 44 samples, 32 (73%) were contaminated with both the B and C series of fumonisins and 6 were contaminated with only the B series of fumonisins. The incidence of fumonisin C1 in moldy corn was 71%; the incidence was 11% for fumonisin C3 and 43% for fumonisin C4. Their mean levels ranged from 500 to 1,900 ng/g. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of the C series of fumonisins and fumonisin B4 in moldy corn.

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HPLC chromatogram of the extract of a moldy corn sample.
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Total-ion chromatograms of a moldy corn extract (A) and electrospray mass spectra of FB4 (B) with [M+H]+ at m/z 690, FC1 (C) with [M+H]+ at m/z 708, FC3 (D) with [M+H]+ at m/z 692, and FC4 (E) with [M+H]+ at m/z 676 in the sample extract.
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