Toxins 2010, 2(8), 1984-1996; doi:10.3390/toxins2081984
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Natural Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Musts, Wines and Grape Vine Fruits from Grapes Harvested in Argentina

María Lorena Ponsone 1 email, María Laura Chiotta 1 email, Mariana Combina 2,3 email, Adriana Torres 1,3 email, Patricia Knass 4 email, Ana Dalcero 1,3 email and Sofía Chulze 1,3,* email
1 Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Ruta Nacional N 36 Km. 601, (5800) Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina 2 Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 3 Members of the Research Career of CONICET, Argentina 4 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 17 June 2010 / Accepted: 28 July 2010 / Published: 3 August 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ochratoxins)
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Abstract: In this study, ochratoxin A (OTA) occurrence in Argentinean musts, wines and dried vine fruits was evaluated, alongside with the performance of OchraStarTM columns for OTA extraction. In all the three matrices analyzed, the OchraStarTM columns showed good performance. The analysis of natural occurrence of OTA in the red must and the red wine samples showed low incidence with low levels of mean OTA contamination (0.12 ng/mL and 0.37 ng/mL, respectively), while 60% of the dried vine fruit samples were contaminated with OTA, in levels ranging from 0.26 to 20.28 ng/g.
Keywords: must; wines; dried vine fruits; Ochratoxin A; Argentina; immunoaffinity columns

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Ponsone, M.L.; Chiotta, M.L.; Combina, M.; Torres, A.; Knass, P.; Dalcero, A.; Chulze, S. Natural Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Musts, Wines and Grape Vine Fruits from Grapes Harvested in Argentina. Toxins 2010, 2, 1984-1996.

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Ponsone ML, Chiotta ML, Combina M, Torres A, Knass P, Dalcero A, Chulze S. Natural Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Musts, Wines and Grape Vine Fruits from Grapes Harvested in Argentina. Toxins. 2010; 2(8):1984-1996.

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Ponsone, María Lorena; Chiotta, María Laura; Combina, Mariana; Torres, Adriana; Knass, Patricia; Dalcero, Ana; Chulze, Sofía. 2010. "Natural Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Musts, Wines and Grape Vine Fruits from Grapes Harvested in Argentina." Toxins 2, no. 8: 1984-1996.

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