• Deoxynivalenol Exposure in Norway, Risk Assessments for Different Human Age Groups 

      Sundheim, Leif; Lillegaard, Inger Therese L.; Fæste, Christiane Kruse; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Brodal, Guro; Eriksen, Gunnar Sundstøl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-04)
      Deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most common mycotoxin in Norwegian cereals, and DON is detected in most samples of crude cereal grain and cereal food commodities such as flour, bran, and oat flakes. The Norwegian Scientific ...
    • Different Resistance to DON versus HT2 + T2 Producers in Nordic Oat Varieties 

      Hofgaard, Ingerd Skow; Brodal, Guro; Almvik, Marit; Lillemo, Morten; Russenes, Aina Lundon; Edwards, Simon Graham; Aamot, Heidi Udnes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-28)
      Over recent decades, the Norwegian cereal industry has had major practical and financial challenges associated with the occurrence of Fusarium head blight (FHB) pathogens and their associated mycotoxins in cereal grains. ...
    • Fumonisins in African Countries 

      Yli-Mattila, Tapani; Sundheim, Leif (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-19)
      Maize and other cereals are the commodities most contaminated with fumonisins. The maize acreage is increasing in Africa, and the maize harvest provides important foods for humans and feeds for domestic animals throughout ...
    • Fusaoctaxin A, an Example of a Two-Step Mechanism for Non-Ribosomal Peptide Assembly and Maturation in Fungi 

      Westphal, Klaus Ringsborg; Nielsen, Katrine Amalie Hamborg; Wollenberg, Rasmus Dam; Møllehøj, Mathias Bonde; Bachleitner, Simone; Studt, Lena; Lysøe, Erik; Giese, Henriette; Wimmer, Reinhard; Sørensen, Jens Laurids; Sondergaard, Teis Esben (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-16)
      Fungal non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) clusters are spread across the chromosomes, where several modifying enzyme-encoding genes typically flank one NRPS. However, a recent study showed that the octapeptide fusaoctaxin ...
    • Removal of Small Kernels Reduces the Content of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Oat Grain 

      Brodal, Guro; Aamot, Heidi Udnes; Almvik, Marit; Hofgaard, Ingerd Skow (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05-23)
      Cereal grain contaminated by Fusarium mycotoxins is undesirable in food and feed because of the harmful health effects of the mycotoxins in humans and animals. Reduction of mycotoxin content in grain by cleaning and size ...