penicillic acid :
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Formation and disappearance of mycophenolic acid, patulin,
penicillic acid and PR toxin in maize silage inoculated with Penicillium
roqueforti.
Muller HM, Amend R.
Department of Animal Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Maize silage was inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti strains which are able
to form the mycotoxins mycophenolic acid (MPA), patulin (PAT), penicillic acid
(PA), or PR toxin (PRT). The silage was incubated for 160 d without agitation
under aerobic conditions at 15 degrees C in the dark. The mycotoxins were
quantified by HPLC and identified by HPLC combined with diode array detection
and by two-dimensional thin layer chromatography. MPA, PAT, PA, and PRT above
the detection limit were measured for the first time at 36, 22-27, 13, and 49
days of incubation, maximum toxin contents (mg/kg) were 3.56 MPA, 15.10 PAT,
3.06 PA, and 2.17 PRT. With increasing storage time toxin contents decreased to
a low or non detectable level. The production of MPA, PAT and PRT was preceded
by an increase in pH from 4 to 8-9. Along with the initial pH increase the
content of ergosterol as well as of P. roqueforti and yeast propagules increased
whereas the levels of total soluble sugar and of water extractable NH3
decreased. It is concluded that the probability to detect MPA, PAT, PA, and PRT
in maize silage moulded by P. roqueforti under practical conditions of
agriculture is low during the growth of this fungus and again after prolonged
storage.
PMID: 9272220
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