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- Title
Sterigmatocystin Occurrence in Paddy and Processed Rice Produced in Italy in the Years 2014-2015 and Distribution in Milled Rice Fractions.
- Authors
Bertuzzi, Terenzio; Romani, Marco; Rastelli, Silvia; Mulazzi, Annalisa; Pietri, Amedeo
- Abstract
The occurrence of sterigmatocystin (STC) in paddy and processed rice samples produced in Italy was surveyed. After extraction and purification, STC was analysed using HPLC-MS/MS. STC was detected in all paddy rice samples (n = 49), in the range 0.29-15.85 μg.kg-1. As regards processed rice, a widespread contamination was found in brown and parboiled rice. All the brown rice samples were contaminated between 0.12 and 1.32 μg.kg-1; for parboiled rice, the incidence was 90.9% and the maximum level was 1.09 μg.kg-1. The contamination in white rice was significantly lower (p < 0.01). The STC distribution in different rice fractions, obtained by the de-hulling and polishing processes, was evaluated. After de-hulling, the STC percentage remaining in brown rice was in the range 21.2%-30.8%. The polishing process, from brown to white rice, caused another remarkable decrease of contamination; the STC remaining in white rice was 2.2%-8.3% of the amount found in paddy rice.
- Subjects
STERIGMATOCYSTIN; RICE varieties; HULLING of rice; MYCOTOXINS; XANTHONE
- Publication
Toxins, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 3, p86
- ISSN
2072-6651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/toxins9030086