Potential of alkaline hydrolysis for the removal of fumonisins from contaminated corn
1995
Sydenham, E.W. | Stockenstrom, S. | Thiel, P.G. | Shephard, G.S. | Koch, K.R. | Marasas, W.F.O.
Studies have shown that fumonisin B1 (FB1) may undergo alkaline hydrolysis to yield its aminopentol (AP1) and tricarballylic acid moieties. Treatment of fumonisin-contaminated ground corn with 0.1 M calcium hydroxide, over a period of 24 h at room temperature, resulted in the transfer of the majority of the FB1 (mean = 74.1%) to the easily separable aqueous fraction, where it was present predominantly as the AP1 moiety. Following similar treatment of intact corn kernels, only 5.1% of the original FB1 concentration was retained in those kernels devoid of their outer pericarp.
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