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zearalenone

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zearalenone
an estrogenic substance produced during the fermentation of stored grain by the fungus Fusarium graminearum. The effects of the toxin are enlargement of the external somatic addenda, infertility and death of the newborn. See also zeranol.


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They recently added screenings for Ochratoxin, Zearalenone and Fumonisin.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC 1993) has classified aflatoxin as a group 1 human carcinogen; ochratoxins and fumonosins as group 2B possible human carcinogens; and trichothecenes and zearalenone as noncarcinogens (group 3).
None of the 30 samples tested to date had detectable levels of zearalenone," said Roger Williams, HGCA assistant research director.
 
 
 
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