Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 in Foods and Feeds

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Three recently described and toxlcologlcally Important Fusarlum mycotoxins, fumonisln B1 (FB1), fumonisln B2 (FB2), and fumonisln B3 (FB3), are the major fumonisins produced In cultures of F. monlllforme, a fungus that occurs worldwide on corn. Contamination of food and feed with F. monlllforme has been associated with a number of diseases In both animals and humans. Aspects of a recently reported liquid chromatographic method for the determination of FB1 and FB2 in corn, including Initial extraction, extract purification, and stability of derivatives, were Investigated and, where necessary, optimized further both to reduce the analysis time and to include the co-determlnatlon of FB3. The method was applied for the determination of FB3, in a series of U.S. feed samples associated with outbreaks of equine leukoencephalomalacla, which were shown previously to contain both FBi and FB2. Twelve of the 13 feed samples contained FB3 at levels ranging between 50 and 2650 ng/g, corresponding to 2.2-18% of the total fumonisln concentrations present in the FB3-posltlve feed samples. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of FB3.

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