Zearalenone and its major metabolites

Zearalenone (ZEN) – a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium species – is one of the most common food and feed contaminants.  In addition to the “free” toxin a number of derivatives exist the partly be counted to the so-called “masked”...

Masked mycotoxins

In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about so-called „masked mycotoxins“”, also known as modified or matrix-associated mycotoxins and describes metabolites of mycotoxins. These metabolites of mycotoxins are formed in the plant, for example by...

Zearalenol standards

Mycotoxins are widespread contaminants of feed and food, meat, cheese, spices and beverages, coming from different kinds of fungi that grow on almost every kind of nourishment. Zearalenone and its major metabolites alpha- and beta-zearalenol are nonsteroidal...