Browsing Tecnologia dels Aliments by Author "Marín Sillué, Sònia"
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A review of the mycotoxin adsorbing agents, with an emphasis on their multi-binding capacity, for animal feed decontamination
Vila Donat, P.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Elsevier, 2018-02-21)Contamination of animal feed with mycotoxins still occurs very often, despite great efforts in preventing it. Animal feeds are contaminated, at low levels, with several mycotoxins, particularly with those produced by ... -
Abiotic factors and their interactions influence on the co-production of aflatoxin B1 and cyclopiazonic acid by Aspergillus flavus isolated from corn
Astoreca, A.; Vaamonde, G.; Dalcero, A.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Elsevier, 2014)The objectives of this study were i) to determine the effects of the interactions of water activity, temperature and incubation time on the co-production of AFB1 and CPA by isolates of Aspergillus flavus with different ... -
Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in pistachios sampled in Spain: occurrence and presence of mycotoxigenic fungi
Fernane, F.; Cano Sancho, German; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Taylor & Francis, 2010)A survey of the fungal contamination and occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A (OTA) in 50 pistachio nutsamples collected from commercial stores around Catalonia (Spain) was carried out.Aspergillus flavuswas foundin ... -
An attempt to model the probability of growth and aflatoxin B1 production of Aspergillus flavus under non-isothermal conditions in pistachio nuts
Aldars García, Laila; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Marín Sillué, Sònia (Elsevier, 2015)Human exposure to aflatoxins in foods is of great concern. The aim of this work was to use predictive mycology as a strategy to mitigate the aflatoxin burden in pistachio nuts postharvest. The probability of growth and ... -
An attempt to optimize potassium sorbate use to preserve low pH (4.5–5.5) intermediate moisture bakery products by modelling Eurotium spp., Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium corylophilum growth
Guynot, M. Elena; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Elsevier, 2005)Mould growth was modelled on fermented bakery product analogues (FBPA) of two different pH (4.5 and 5.5), different water activity (aw) levels (0.80–0.90) and potassium sorbate concentrations (0–0.3%) by using seven moulds ... -
An overview of mycotoxin biomarker application in exposome-health studies
Marín Sillué, Sònia; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Cano Sancho, German (Elsevier, 2020-12-17)Exposure assessment in epidemiological studies remains as a key bias domain, prompting for reliable and accurate methods reflecting the true individual exposure. For that reason, the use of exposure biomarkers has become ... -
Assessing white maize resistance to fumonisin contamination
Cao, Ana; Butrón, Ana; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Souto, Carlos; Santiago, Rogelio (Springer, 2013)Genetic improvement is an emerging method to reduce the levels of fumonisin (FB) contamination in maize, but breeding advances depend on the development of suitable methods to accurately assess the performance of different ... -
Assessment of intraspecies variability in fungal growth initiation of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin B1 production under static and changing temperature levels using different initial conidial inoculum levels
Aldars García, Laila; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Magan, Naresh; Medina, Angel (Elsevier, 2018)Intraspecies variability in fungal growth and mycotoxin production has important implications for food safety. Using the Bioscreen C we have examined spectrophotometrically intraspecies variability of A. flavus using 10 ... -
Assessment of the exposure to ochratoxin A in the province of Lleida, Spain
Coronel, María Bernarda; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Marín Sillué, Sònia (Elsevier, 2009)Exposure to ochratoxin A (OTA) of 279 blood donors of nine localities of the province of Lleida (Spain) was assessed. OTA levels were detected in the blood plasma of the participants by HPLC-fluorescence detection with ... -
Bioaccessibility of ochratoxin A from red wine in an in vitro dynamic gastrointestinal model
González Arias, Cyndia A.; Piquer Garcia, I.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014)Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium species with immunosuppressive, teratogenic, and carcinogenic properties. It has been determined that wine is the second largest source of OTA (10% ... -
Building bridges: an integrated strategy for sustainable food production throughout the value chain
Albajes Garcia, Ramon; Cantero-Martínez, Carlos; Capell Capell, Teresa; Christou, Paul; Farré Martinez, Alba; Galceran i Nogués, Josep; López Gatius, Fernando; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Martín Belloso, Olga; Motilva Casado, Mª José; Nogareda, Carmina; Pemán García, Jesús; Puy Llorens, Jaume; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Romagosa Clariana, Ignacio; Romero Fabregat, Mª Paz; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Savin, Roxana; Slafer, Gustavo A.; Soliva-Fortuny, Robert; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Voltas Velasco, Jordi (Springer, 2013)The food production and processing value chain is under pressure from all sides-increasing demand driven by a growing and more affluent population; dwindling resources caused by urbanization, land erosion, pollution and ... -
Characterization of Fungal Surface Contaminants of the Small Maltese June Pear, Pyrus communis var. bambinella
Muscat, Arianne; Sardella, Davide; Decelis, Stephen; Gougouli, Maria; Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos P.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Valdramidis, Vasilis P. (International Association for Food Protection, 2020-08-01)Fungal pathogens cause surface contamination and potential premature fruit spoilage of bambinella, a fruit endemic to the Maltese islands, leading to the loss of fruit during the postharvest phase. The objective of this ... -
Conidia survival of Aspergillus section Nigri, Flavi and Circumdati under UV-A and UV-B radiation with cycling temperature/light regime
García Cela, Esther; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Reyes, Mónica; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Wiley, 2016)Bio-geographical differences in fungal infection distribution have been observed around the world, confirming that the climatic conditions are decisive in colonization. This research is focused on the impact of ultraviolet ... -
Deoxynivalenol degradation in wheat kernels by exposition to ammonia vapours: A tentative strategy for detoxification
Borràs-Vallverdú, Bernat; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Rodríguez Bencomo, Juan José (Elsevier, 2020-06-27)Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a mycotoxin produced mainly by Fusarium species and occurs predominantly in cereal grains such as wheat. Due to its toxic effects, in the European Union DON content in unprocessed cereals and processed ... -
Deoxynivalenol in cereal-based baby food production process. A review
Pascari, Xenia; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Molino Gahete, Francisco; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente (Elsevier, 2019-02)Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the highest occurring mycotoxin of Fusarium species. Its presence in cereal-based infant foods is extremely undesirable, especially considering the increased sensitivity of this population ... -
Determination of aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, ochratoxin A and zearalenone in wheat and oat based bran supplements sold in the Spanish market
Vidal Corominas, Arnau; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Cano Sancho, German; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente (Elsevier, 2013)The main objective of this study was to assess the exposure of Catalonian (Spain) population to AFs. Thus, two sub-objectives were considered: 1) to assess the occurrence of AFs in food marketed in Catalonia, and 2) to ... -
Distribution of fumonisins and aflatoxins in corn fractions during industrial cornflake processing
Castells, Miren; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Elsevier, 2008)The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of fumonisins (B1 B2, and B3) and total aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, and G2) in various corn processed fractions. 92 batches of whole corn and derived dry-milled fractions ... -
Distribution of total aflatoxins in milled fractions of hulled rice
Castells, Miren; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Marín Sillué, Sònia (American Chemical Society, 2007)Two varieties of hulled rice artificially contaminated with aflatoxins at five different levels were processed by dehulling and polishing methods. Contamination levels ranged from 356 to 818 µg/kg and from 244 to 645 ... -
Ecophysiological characterization of Aspergillus carbonarius, Aspergillus tubingensis and Aspergillus niger isolated from grapes in Spanish vineyards
García Cela, Esther; Crespo Sempere, Ana; Ramos Girona, Antonio J.; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Marín Sillué, Sònia (Elsevier, 2014-03-03)The aim of this study was to evaluate the diversity of black aspergilli isolated from berries from different agroclimatic regions of Spain. Growth characterization (in terms of temperature and water activity requirements) ... -
Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on the development of black mold disease and its potential effect on alternariol and alternariol monomethyl ether biosynthesis on tomatoes infected with Alternaria alternata
Estiarte, Núria; Crespo Sempere, Ana; Marín Sillué, Sònia; Sanchís Almenar, Vicente; Ramos Girona, Antonio J. (Elsevier, 2016)Ethylene is a naturally produced plant regulator involved in several plant functions, such as regulation of fruit ripening. Inhibition of ethylene perception by using 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) slows down the ripening ...