@misc{10481/61881,
year = {2020},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61881},
abstract = {A survey on 120 cereal samples (barley, maize, rice and wheat) from Algerian markets has
been carried out to evaluate the presence of 15 mycotoxins (ochratoxin A, deoxynivalenol, fumonisin
B1 and B2, T-2 and HT-2 toxins, zearalenone, fusarenon X, citrinin, sterigmatocystin, enniatins A,
A1, B and B1, and beauvericin). With this purpose, a QuEChERS-based extraction and ultra-high
performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) were
used. Analytical results showed that 78 cereal samples (65%) were contaminated with at least one
toxin, while 50% were contaminated with three to nine mycotoxins. T-2 toxin, citrinin, beauvericin
and deoxynivalenol were the most commonly found mycotoxins (frequency of 50%, 41.6%, 40.8%
and 33.3%, respectively). Fumonisins (B1 + B2), enniatins B and B1, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone
registered high concentrations (289–48878 ug/kg, 1.2–5288 ug/kg, 15–4569 ug/kg, 48–2055 ug/kg and
10.4–579 ug/kg, respectively). Furthermore, concentrations higher than those allowed by the European
Union (EU) were observed in 21, 8 and 1 samples for fumonisins, zearalenone and deoxinivalenol,
respectively. As a conclusion, the high levels of fumonisins (B1 + B2) in maize and deoxynivalenol,
zearalenone and HT-2 + T-2 toxins in wheat, represent a health risk for the average adult consumer in
Algeria. These results pointed out the necessity of a consistent control and the definition of maximum
allowed levels for mycotoxins in Algerian foodstuffs.},
organization = {This research was funded by SPANISH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS
and EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (MINECO/FEDER, UE) (Project ref: AGL2015-70708-R,
MINECO/FEDER, UE). Choukri Khelifa Mahdjoubi would like to thanks the University of Granada for ERASMUS
Mundus Doctoral Fellowship.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Mycotoxins},
keywords = {Exposure assessment},
keywords = {Algeria},
keywords = {UHPLC-MS/MS},
title = {Multi-Mycotoxin Occurrence and Exposure Assessment Approach in Foodstuffs from Algeria},
doi = {10.3390/toxins12030194},
author = {Mahdjoubi, Choukri Khelifa and Arroyo-Manzanares, Natalia and Hamini Kadar, Nisserine and García Campaña, Ana María and Mebrouk, Kihel and Gámiz Gracia, Laura},
}