Use of ozone technology in the decontamination of mycotoxins in grains and grain-derived

• Grant number: 16/10732-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: MARIA ANTONIA CALORI
• Grantee: MARIA ANTONIA CALORI
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Pedro Esteves Duarte Augusto

Abstract

The main mycotoxins that occur in foods intended for human consumption or animal feed are produced by fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium. These substances may cause several damage to human and animal health as well as economic losses for agribusiness, as they may be present in different phases of production, affecting producers, agricultural traders and processors. The prevention of contamination is the mean way to minimize some of the risks associated with mycotoxins. However, there are situations that the presence of some mycotoxin is inevitable due to climatic and environmental conditions, even adopting the good manufacturing practices in the various steps involved. For this reason, it is highlighted the importance of the study of alternatives to reduce mycotoxin contamination in agricultural products and its products. Ozone technology has been presented as an alternative for decontamination of mycotoxins with advantage over other studied technologies. This technology does not generate toxic waste and is classified as a green technology. Studies on decontamination of mycotoxins with ozone technology, while promising, are concentrated mainly in the aflatoxins. Zearalenone (ZEA) and deoxynivalenol (DON) are mycotoxins produced by Fusarium and generea and have been found with relative frequency in agricultural products in several national and international studies. However, a smaller number of studies with decontamination of grains, their products and coproducts naturally contaminated with these mycotoxins have been observed. Thus, this research aims to study the kinetics of destruction of ZEA and DON in grains and grain-derived using ozone technology. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS ALEXANDRE, ALLANA PATRICIA; MIANO, ALBERTO CLAUDIO; SILVA BRANDAO, TERESA RIBEIRO; MILLER, FATIMA ALVES; FUNDO, JOANA FREITAS; CALORI-DOMINGUES, MARIA ANTONIA; MIRANDA SILVA, CRISTINA LUISA; DUARTE AUGUSTO, PEDRO ESTEVES. Ozonation of Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis): Effect on the hydration kinetics, phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 41, n. 8, DEC 2018. (16/10732-7, 16/18052-5)

SANTOS ALEXANDRE, ALLANA PATRICIA; CASTANHA, NANCI; COSTA, NAIARA SILVA; SANTOS, AMANDA SILVA; BADIALE-FURLONG, ELIANA; DUARTE AUGUSTO, PEDRO ESTEVES; CALORI-DOMINGUES, MARIA ANTONIA. Ozone technology to reduce zearalenone contamination in whole maize flour: degradation kinetics and impact on quality. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, v. 99, n. 15, p. 6814-6821, DEC 2019. (16/10732-7)

ALEXANDRE, ALLANA P. S.; CASTANHA, NANCI; CALORI-DOMINGUES, MARIA A.; AUGUSTO, PEDRO E. D.. Ozonation of whole wheat flour and wet milling effluent: Degradation of deoxynivalenol (DON) and rheological properties. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMIN, v. 52, n. 7, p. 516-524, 2017. (16/10732-7)

SANTOS ALEXANDRE, ALLANA PATRICIA; VELA-PAREDES, RAFAEL SEGUNDO; SANTOS, AMANDA SILVA; COSTA, NAIARA SILVA; CANNIATTI-BRAZACA, SOLANGE GUIDOLIN; CALORI-DOMINGUES, MARIA ANTONIA; DUARTE AUGUSTO, PEDRO ESTEVES. Ozone treatment to reduce deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) contamination in wheat bran and its impact on nutritional quality. Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure, v. 35, n. 6, p. 1189-1199, 2018. (16/10732-7)

ROMERO, ALESSANDRA DE CASSIA; DE ALMEIDA MORAIS, JOAO BRUNO; DUARTE AUGUSTO, PEDRO ESTEVES; CALORI-DOMINGUES, MARIA ANTONIA. Ozonation of agri-food products for reducing mycotoxin contamination: challenges in grains and particulates processing. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMIN, v. 56, n. 9, JUL 2021. (19/05043-6, 16/10732-7)