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  • 1Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, 8304 Minamiminowa-mura, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken, 399-4598, Japan.

Mycotoxin Research
|January 21, 2015
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Fungal biomarker ergosterol (ERG) correlated significantly with zearalenone (ZEA) in maize, but not aflatoxins (AFs). ERG levels below 3 mg/kg generally indicate compliance with EU mycotoxin limits.

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