TY - JA AU - Rice,L.G. AU - Ross,P.F. TI - Methods for detection and quantitation of fumonisins in corn, cereal products and animal excreta SN - 0362-028X U1 - 95-025250 PY - 1994/// KW - Agricultural wastes KW - Deuteromycotina KW - Food contamination and toxicology KW - Fungi KW - AGROVOC KW - Gramineae KW - Plant diseases KW - Processed plant products KW - Processed products KW - Toxic substances KW - Toxins KW - Wastes KW - Zea N2 - Fumonisins are a group of naturally occurring mycotoxins produced by strains of several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikori (Fusarium section Liseola). Fumonisins have been shown experimentally to be the causative agent of equine leukoencephalomalacia (ELEM), porcine pulmonary edema (PPE) syndrome, and to produce liver cancer in rats. Epidemiological evidence also indicates a possible correlation between the fumonisins and human esophageal cancer. The analytical method of choice for most samples has been high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using fluorescence detection. The present work describes the baseline T2 - Journal of Food Protection ER -