食品中新兴真菌毒素检测技术及其污染现状研究进展

真菌毒素是由曲霉菌、青霉菌和镰刀菌等丝状真菌在适当的环境条件下产生的有毒次生代谢产物，是谷物、水果、坚果等食品中常见的污染物，可引起广泛的毒性效应，主要表现为致癌性、致突变性、肝毒性、肾毒性、免疫毒性、神经毒性、致畸性等，对人类和动物的健康构成威胁。近些年来，由于自然气候的改变及检测技术的创新发展，一些新出现的真菌毒素逐渐引起大家的广泛关注，如已报道的交链孢毒素、新兴镰刀菌毒素等。这些尚未得到监管，并且如何产生、浓度水平和毒理数据有限的真菌毒素被定义为“新兴”真菌毒素。本文综述了两大类12种新兴毒素的结构性质、检测分析技术进展及在食品中的污染状况，以期为真菌毒素污染的全面评估及防控提供思路。     

粮食真菌毒素快速检测产品性能评价与分析

真菌毒素污染是全球性粮食质量安全的首要问题,随着食品安全现场快速监管力度的不断加强,对快速检测方法的需求日益增长,许多真菌毒素快检产品应运而生。由于快速检测结果的准确性与快检产品质量和性能密切相关,因此选择市场占有率较高的5个真菌毒素快速检测品牌,采用科学的评价规程从检测结果可靠性、基质匹配性以及综合性能等方面对产品进行了多维评价。评价指标包括准确度、精密度、定量范围、检测结果判定范围、检测时间以及检测成本等,真菌毒素种类分别为脱氧雪腐镰刀菌烯醇、玉米赤霉烯酮和黄曲霉毒素B₁。评价结果显示,5个品牌的真菌毒素快速检测产品用于玉米、小麦和糙米基质中常见真菌毒素检测时的回收率在61%～178%之间,相对标准偏差在4%～38%之间,不同品牌间存在显著差异;各品牌产品的人员间检测结果相对标准偏差在0.4%～22.2%之间,部分品牌在检测某种粮食基质时易受到人员操作的影响;大部分品牌对不同粮食基质的匹配性良好。综合性能评价结果表明：5个品牌中品牌A的3种真菌毒素快检产品对粮食基质适用性最佳。     

生物传感技术在食品农药残留检测中的应用

农药的大量使用引发的食品安全问题日益突出。目前,食品中农药残留的分析主要采用液相及液质联用、气相及气质联用等传统检测方法。这些方法具有较高检测灵敏性和选择性,但却需要昂贵的仪器设备以及专业的技术人员,不能满足当前食品安全领域对实时、快速、便携式检测的需求。生物传感技术作为农药检测的前景替代方法,具有高专一性、高选择性、便携性和实时分析的性能,因此,可以弥补传统检测方法的不足。本文首先对应用于农药检测的基于酶的、抗体的生物传感技术进行综述。其次,对基于核酸适配体、微流控芯片、分子印迹的新型生物传感技术在农药检测中的应用进行详细介绍。最后,对食品农药残留检测的发展前景进行展望。     

QuEChERS技术在食品真菌毒素检测中的研究进展

真菌毒素是丝状真菌产生的有毒代谢产物,对人类和动物的健康构成严重威胁。因此,建立食品中多种真菌毒素的高效提取和净化方法,有利于降低真菌毒素的暴露风险,保障食品安全。QuEChERS方法具有简单、快速、回收率高、试剂用量少、安全等优点,可运用于真菌毒素的检测。该文概述了该方法在食品中真菌毒素分析检测方面的应用,根据QuEChERS技术的特点,探讨应用QuEChERS技术对真菌毒素进行预处理过程中,提取、盐析和净化步骤所应用的方法及对真菌毒素提取效率的影响,总结QuEChERS技术在食品真菌毒素检测中的应用,并对该技术现阶段应用中亟待解决的问题提出了展望和建议。     

食品与饲料基质中真菌毒素检测技术研究进展

真菌毒素是真菌在生长繁殖过程中产生的相对分子质量较小的次生有毒代谢产物,不易被加工或烹调加热所破坏,超过一定摄入量后会引起人的肝肾功能下降、癌变或诱发免疫抑制性疾病。目前尚无绝对有效的措施避免真菌毒素的污染,因此,研究可以准确高效地测定食品和饲料基质中的真菌毒素的检测技术非常重要。本研究通过对真菌毒素提取方法、净化方法及检测技术的研究进展进行综述,发现目前研究方法大多是针对某一种真菌毒素进行检测的常规检测方法或者同时检测多种真菌毒素的检测方法,由于这些方法存在稳定性差、定量不准确或前处理复杂等,因此未来应大力开发检测快速、高灵敏度、高特异性的真菌毒素检测方法。     

LC-MS/MS multi-analyte method for mycotoxin determination in food supplements

A multi-analyte method for the liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric determination of mycotoxins in food supplements is presented. The analytes included A and B trichothecenes (nivalenol, deoxynivalenol, 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol, 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol, neosolaniol, fusarenon-X, diacetoxyscirpenol, HT-2 toxin and T-2 toxin), aflatoxins (aflatoxin-B₁, aflatoxin-B₂, aflatoxin-G₁ and aflatoxin-G₂), Alternaria toxins (alternariol, alternariol methyl ether and altenuene), fumonisins (fumonisin-B₁, fumonisin-B₂ and fumonisin-B₃), ochratoxin A, zearalenone, beauvericin and sterigmatocystin. Optimization of the simultaneous extraction of these toxins and the sample pretreatment procedure, as well as method validation were performed on maca (Lepidium meyenii) food supplements. The results indicated that the solvent mixture ethyl acetate/formic acid (95:5, v/v) was the best compromise for the extraction of the analytes from food supplements. Liquid–liquid partition with n-hexane was applied as partial clean-up step to remove excess of co-extracted non-polar components. Further clean-up was performed on Oasis HLB? cartridges. Samples were analysed using an Acquity UPLC system coupled to a Micromass Quattro Micro triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray interface operated in the positive-ion mode. Limits of detection and quantification were in the range of 0.3–30 ng g^?1 and 1–100 ng g^?1, respectively. Recovery yields were above 60% for most of the analytes, except for nivalenol, sterigmatocystine and the fumonisins. The method showed good precision and trueness. Analysis of different food supplements such as soy (Glycine max) isoflavones, St John's wort ( Hypericum perforatum), garlic (Allium sativum), Ginkgo biloba, and black radish (Raphanus niger) demonstrated the general applicability of the method. Due to different matrix effects observed in different food supplement samples, the standard addition approach was applied to perform correct quantitative analysis. In 56 out of 62 samples analysed, none of the 23 mycotoxins investigated was detected. Positive samples contained at least one of the toxins fumonisin-B₁, fumonisin-B₂, fumonisin-B₃ and ochratoxin A.     

Modelling a two-dimensional spatial distribution of mycotoxin concentration in bulk commodities to design effective and efficient sample selection strategies

Mycotoxins in agricultural commodities are a hazard to human and animal health. Their heterogeneous spatial distribution in bulk storage or transport makes it particularly difficult to design effective and efficient sampling plans. There has been considerable emphasis on identifying the different sources of uncertainty associated with mycotoxin concentration estimations, but much less on identifying the effect of the spatial location of the sampling points. This study used a two-dimensional statistical modelling approach to produce detailed information on appropriate sampling strategies for surveillance of mycotoxins in raw food commodities. The emphasis was on deoxynivalenol (DON) and ochratoxin A (OTA) in large lots of grain in storage or bulk transport. The aim was to simulate a range of plausible distributions of mycotoxins in grain from a set of parameters characterising the distributions. For this purpose, a model was developed to generate data sets which were repeatedly sampled to investigate the effect that sampling strategy and the number of incremental samples has on determining the statistical properties of mycotoxin concentration. Results showed that, for most sample sizes, a regular grid proved to be more consistent and accurate in the estimation of the mean concentration of DON, which suggests that regular sampling strategies should be preferred to random sampling, where possible. For both strategies, the accuracy of the estimation of the mean concentration increased significantly up to sample sizes of 40–60 (depending on the simulation). The effect of sample size was small when it exceeded 60 points, which suggests that the maximum sample size required is of this order. Similar conclusions about the sample size apply to OTA, although the difference between regular and random sampling was small and probably negligible for most sample sizes.     

Review of mycotoxin reduction in food and feed: from prevention in the field to detoxification by adsorption or transformation

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites present worldwide in agricultural commodities and produced by ?lamentous fungi that cause a toxic response (mycotoxicosis) when ingested by animals. Prevention of mycotoxicoses includes pre- and post-harvest strategies. The best way to reduce the mycotoxin content in food and feed is the prevention of mycotoxin formation in the ?eld, but this is often not sufficient, so other methods are needed. To decontaminate and/or detoxify mycotoxin-contaminated food and feed, the most prevalent approach in the feed industry is the inclusion of sorbent materials in the feed thus obtaining more or less selective removal of toxins by adsorption during passage through the gastrointestinal tract. Another reliable approach is to add enzymes or microorganisms capable of detoxifying some mycotoxins. Through a comprehensive review of published reports on the strategies for mycotoxin removal, this present work aims to update our understanding of mycotoxin removal. It provides an insight into the detoxification of mycotoxin present in food and feed. In the future, more emphasis needs to be placed on adsorption of mycotoxins in the gastrointestinal tract. Concerning the enzymatic transformation of mycotoxins, further efforts are required in understanding detoxification reactions, the toxicity of transformation products and in the characterization of enzymes responsible for transformations.     

Strategies to reduce mycotoxin levels in maize during storage: a review

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main cereals as a source of food, forage and processed products for industry. World production is around 790 million tonnes of maize because as a staple food it provides more than one-third of the calories and proteins in some countries. Stored maize is a man-made ecosystem in which quality and nutritive changes occur because of interactions between physical, chemical and biological factors. Fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination are of major concern. Aspergillus and Fusarium species can infect maize pre-harvest, and mycotoxin contamination can increase if storage conditions are poorly managed. Prevention strategies to reduce the impact of mycotoxin in maize food and feed chains are based on using a hazard analysis critical control point systems (HACCP) approach. To reduce or prevent production of mycotoxins, drying should take place soon after harvest and as rapidly as feasible. The critical water content for safe storage corresponds to a water activity (a _w) of about 0.7. Problems in maintaining an adequately low a _w often occur in the tropics where high ambient humidity make the control of commodity moisture difficult. Damage grain is more prone to fungal invasion and, therefore, mycotoxin contamination. It is important to avoid damage before and during drying, and during storage. Drying maize on the cob before shelling is a very good practice. In storage, many insect species attack grain and the moisture that can accumulate from their activities provides ideal conditions for fungal activity. To avoid moisture and fungal contamination, it is essential that the numbers of insects in stored maize should be kept to a minimum. It is possible to control fungal growth in stored commodities by controlled atmospheres, preservatives or natural inhibitors. Studies using antioxidants, essential oils under different conditions of a _w, and temperature and controlled atmospheres have been evaluated as possible strategies for the reduction of fungal growth and mycotoxin (aflatoxins and fumonisins) in stored maize, but the cost of these treatments is likely to remain prohibitive for large-scale use.     

Recent advances in plant-based compounds for mitigation of mycotoxin contamination in food products: current status,challenges and perspectives

There are numerous strategies to control the growth of mycotoxigenic fungi and reduce mycotoxins in food, including physical, chemical and biological treatments. However, consumers prefer organic food and natural inhibitors because they are biodegradable and safe for human and animal health. This review summarises the current advances in plant-based compounds to mitigate contamination of food products by mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins. In addition, a clear understanding of the roles of plant-based extracts in food products, their mechanisms of action and challenges and perspectives in mycotoxin degradation are presented. Essential oils and plant-based extracts are complex mixtures of major and minor chemical compounds with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. In general, the mechanisms of antifungal activity of plant-based compounds are attributed to the reduction of the ergosterol content, disruption of cell membrane integrity, enhancing of membrane ion leakage and permeability, disruption to the organisation of mitochondrial structure, interference in enzymatic reactions of cell wall synthesis, disturbance of oxidative balance, inhibition of carbohydrate metabolism, suppression of mycotoxin biosynthetic genes and alterations in the molecular structure of mycotoxins.     

Multiplex optical bioassays for food safety analysis: Toward on-site detection

Food safety analysis plays a significant role in controlling food contamination and supervision. In recent years, multiplex optical bioassays (MOBAs) have been widely applied to analyze multiple hazards due to their efficiency and low cost. However, due to the challenges such as multiplexing capacity, poor sensitivity, and bulky instrumentation, the further application of traditional MOBAs in food screening has been limited. In this review, effective strategies regarding food safety MOBAs are summarized, such as spatial-resolution modes performed in multi-T lines/dots strips or arrays of strip/microplate/microfluidic chip/SPR chip and signal-resolution modes employing distinguishable colorimetric/luminescence/fluorescence/surface plasma resonance/surface-enhanced Raman spectrum as signal tags. Following this, new trends on how to design engineered sensor architecture and exploit distinguishable signal reporters, how to improve both multiplexing capacity and sensitivity, and how to integrate these formats into smartphones so as to be mobile are summarized systematically. Typically, in the case of enhancing multiplexing capacity and detection throughput, microfluidic array chips with multichannel architecture would be a favorable approach to overcome the spatial and physical limitations of immunochromatographic assay (ICA) test strips. Moreover, noble metal nanoparticles and single-excitation, multiple-emission luminescence nanomaterials hold great potential in developing ultrasensitive MOBAs. Finally, the exploitation of innovative multiplexing strategy hybridized with powerful and widely available smartphones opens new perspectives to MOBAs. In future, the MOBAs should be more sensitive, have higher multiplexing capacity, and easier instrumentation.     

适配体在食品中有害小分子检测领域应用的研究进展

适配体是与靶标具有高亲和力及选择性结合能力的单链寡核苷酸,可通过指数富集的配基系统进化技术(Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment,SELEX)筛选得到。SELEX技术可选择的靶分子范围十分广泛,包含蛋白质、多肽、核苷酸、染料、氨基酸、金属离子、生物毒素等;经SELEX技术筛选出的适配体具有特异性强的特点;同时该技术具有周期短的优点;筛选用的文库化学合成即可,避免了动物实验。食品中有害小分子主要包括真菌毒素、农药、兽药、金属子、违禁添加物等,主要存在于粮食、谷物、饲料、各类食品、水中。这些有害小分子通过食物链进入人及动物体内,严重威胁到其健康。目前已有不少文献报道了以适配体作为识别元件,用于食品安全、环境检测及生物医药等领域的多种高亲和力及特异性的传感器和检测方法的建立。本文主要介绍了近年小分子适配体在食品安全检测中应用的研究进展。      

Occurrence and preventive strategies to control mycotoxins in cereal‐based food

Mycotoxins contamination in cereal‐based food is ubiquitous according to systematic review of the scientific documentation of worldwide mycotoxin contamination in cereal and their products between 2008 and 2018, thus representing food safety issue especially in developing tropical countries. Food processing plays a vital role to prevent mycotoxin contamination in food. Therefore, it is with great urgency to develop strategies to inhibit fungi growth and mycotoxin production during food processing. This review begins by discussing physicochemical properties of five most common mycotoxins (aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, deoxynivalenol, and zearalenone) found in cereal grains, regulation for mycotoxins in food, and their potential negative impact on human health. The fate of mycotoxins during major cereal‐based food processing including milling, breadmaking, extrusion, malting, and brewing was then summarized. In the end, traditional mitigation strategies including physical and chemical and potential application of biocontrol agent and essential oil nanoemulsions that can be applied during food processing were discussed. It indicated that no single method is currently available to completely prevent mycotoxin contamination in cereal foods.     

表面增强拉曼光谱快速检测食品中双酚A的研究进展

准确、快速地检测双酚A(BPA)是减少食品中BPA污染的重要环节。表面增强拉曼光谱（SERS）技术作为一种新型的快速检测技术,具有无损、准确、快速、图谱指纹特征强等优点,在食品中BPA快速检测方面具有巨大潜力。本文介绍了SERS的机制及SERS技术在食品中BPA快速检测方面的应用,主要综述了不同SERS基底快速检测BPA的研究进展,以期为BPA的快速检测提供理论支撑。     

Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters stabilized by food proteins: From preparation to application in detection of food contaminants and bioactive nutrients

Applications of nanotechnology in food have rapidly increased in the past decades. Ultra-small gold nanoclusters (Au NCs), composed of several to roughly a hundred atoms, represent a kind of novel nanomaterials. The Au NCs directed by food proteins have drawn considerable research attention due to their environment-friendly preparation, strong fluorescence, excellent photo-stability, and favorable biocompatibility. These interesting protein–Au hybrids have opened up a new area at the nano-bio-food interface, not only did they provide the missing link between single metal atoms and plasmonic metal nanoparticles, but also developed the hybrid system between biomacromolecule and inorganic ions. In this review, we highlighted the synthesis strategies and optical properties of the Au NCs stabilized by typical food proteins as well as their applications in detection of food contaminants or bioactive nutrients. In addition, we discussed current challenges and future development in food proteins- directed gold nanoclusters for size-controlled synthesis and multifunctional applications.     

Decontamination and detoxification strategies for the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol in animal feed and the effectiveness of microbial biodegradation

Trichothecenes are a group of mycotoxins mainly produced by fungi of the Fusarium genus. Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the most abundant and important trichothecenes in food and feed, and is a significant contaminants due to its frequent occurrence in toxicologically relevant concentrations worldwide. Since toxin production depends strongly on environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, Fusarium toxin contamination can not be avoided completely. Therefore, exposure to this toxin is a permanent health risk for both humans and farm animals. As cereal crops are commonly contaminated with DON and animal diets consist mainly of cereals, it can be assumed that animals are frequently exposed to DON-contaminated feeds. Many strategies can be undertaken to reduce the toxic effect of DON. In addition to the general necessity for minimizing all risk factors that might influence the contamination of cereals with DON, such as the so-called field toxins before harvest, several post-harvest strategies can be applied to counteract possible deleterious effects of this mycotoxin in farm animals. Another approach for decontamination in feedstuffs is the use of adsorbent materials. Adsorbent materials may bind mycotoxins in the gastrointestinal tract and reduce absorption and systemic toxicity. It has been shown that some adsorbents are suitable to alleviate the toxic effects of specific mycotoxins, but its efficacy against trichothecenes is practically zero. Therefore, alternative strategies to reduce animal and human health risk are needed. The use of microbial additives is a method which uses microorganisms having the capability to detoxify mycotoxins by metabolism or degradation prior to their resorption in the gastrointestinal tract. DON has been reported to be completely transformed to de-epoxy-DON by ruminal and intestinal microflora. Eubacterium BBSH 797 was capable of DON degradation and counteracted the toxic effects of DON in animals. This review focuses on the efficacy of microbial feed additives in ameliorating the toxic effects of DON. According to the results of experiments to date, it appears that microorganisms are the main living organisms suitable for this mycotoxin biodegradation. However, the use of this approach depends on its effectiveness from both a practical and economic perspective.     

Aggregates-based fluorescence sensing technology for food hazard detection: Principles,improvement strategies,and applications

Aggregates often exhibit modified or completely new properties compared with their molecular elements, making them an extraordinarily advantageous form of materials. The fluorescence signal change characteristics resulting from molecular aggregation endow aggregates with high sensitivity and broad applicability. In molecular aggregates, the photoluminescence properties at the molecular level can be annihilated or elevated, leading to aggregation-causing quenching (ACQ) or aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effects. This change in photoluminescence properties can be intelligently introduced in food hazard detection. Recognition units can combine with the aggregate-based sensor by joining the aggregation process, endowing the sensor with the high specificity of analytes (such as mycotoxins, pathogens, and complex organic molecules). In this review, aggregation mechanisms, structural characteristics of fluorescent materials (including ACQ/AIE-activated), and their applications in food hazard detection (with/without recognition units) are summarized. Because the design of aggregate-based sensors may be influenced by the properties of their components, the sensing mechanisms of different fluorescent materials were described separately. Details of fluorescent materials, including conventional organic dyes, carbon nanomaterials, quantum dots, polymers and polymer-based nanostructures and metal nanoclusters, and recognition units, such as aptamer, antibody, molecular imprinting, and host–guest recognition, are discussed. In addition, future trends of developing aggregate-based fluorescence sensing technology in monitoring food hazards are also proposed.     

食品中蜡样芽孢污染特点及检测方法研究进展

蜡样芽孢杆菌引发的食物污染大都是和人们生活息息相关的食品,在特定条件下对人们的身体健康会带来很大危害.文章综述了粮食制品、含乳制品、豆制品及其他易污染食品中蜡样芽胞杆菌的污染特点,并总结了国内外学者最新研究的检测蜡样芽胞的手段,为全面了解蜡样芽孢杆菌污染状况以供制定相关食品限量标准、完善检测方法提供参考.     

生物传感器用于农药残留检测的研究进展: 现状, 挑战及未来展望

食品中农药残留在人体中的生物累积效应和农药对环境和人类健康所造成的危害逐渐受到人们的重视, 发展高灵敏度、高选择性、简单快速、成本低廉的残留农药检测分析方法势在必行。生物传感器由于具有灵敏度高、简便、快速、成本低廉等优点而成为一种理想的农药检测手段。本文综述了近年来农药残留生物传感器的设计原理及其在食品和环境安全中的应用方面的研究进展, 总结了不同农药残留生物传感器的优缺点及其所面临的挑战和前景展望。     

食品中食源性致病菌污染状况及其 监测技术研究进展

食源性致病菌通常以食物为载体, 最终导致人体发生急性、慢性中毒, 给人体健康和生命安全带来威胁。本文简述了我国目前食品中食源性致病菌污染情况及其来源与危害, 并对食品中食源性病原菌检测技术及发展趋势进行了分析与展望, 以期为食品中食源性致病菌的控制、监督和检测提供借鉴和参考。