PROMEC Unit

Publications 2003

1. De Beer D, Joubert E, Gelderblom WCA, Manley M. Antioxidant activity of South African red and white cultivar wines: Free radical scavenging. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51: 902-909.
2. De Beer ZW, Harrington TC, Vismer HF, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. Phylogeny of the Ophiostoma stenoceras - Sporothrix schenckii complex. Mycologia 2003 95: 434-441.
3. Fandohan P, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. Infection of maize by Fusarium species and contamination with fumonisin in Africa. African J Biotechnol 2003; 2: 570-579.
4. Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS, Marasas WFO, Rheeder JP, Van der Westhuizen L, Shephard GS. Mycoflora and fumonisin mycotoxins associated with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) seeds. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51: 2188-2192.
5. Marasas WFO, Vismer HF. Food for thought about mycotoxins, organic and genetically modified foods. In: Credland PF, Armitage DM, Bell CH, Cogan PM, Highly E (eds). Advances in Stored Product Protection. Proceedings of the 8th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, York, UK, 22-26 July 2002. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK 2003: 423-427.
6. Marnewick JL, Gelderblom WCA, Joseph S, Joubert E. Chemoprotective properties of South African herbal teas in a two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis model (Abstr). Ann Nutr Metab 2003; 47: 624.
7. Marnewick JL, Joubert E, Swart P, Van der Westhuizen F, Gelderblom WC. Modulation of hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes and oxidative status by rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honey bush (Cyclopia intermedia), green and black (Camellia sinensis) teas in rats. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51: 8113-8119.
8. Seifert KA, Aoki T, Baayen RP, Brayford D, Burgess LW, Chulze S, Gams W, Geiser D, de Gruyter J, Leslie JF, Logrieco A, Marasas WFO, Nirenberg HI, O=Donnell K, Rheeder J, Samuels GJ, Summerell BA, Thrane U, Waalwijk C. The name Fusarium moniliforme should no longer be used. Mycol Res 2003; 107: 643-644.
9. Sewram V, Shephard GS, Mararas WFO. Application of high performance liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry to mycotoxin research. In: Aggarwal SK (ed) Proceedings of the Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry Silver Jubilee Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, Goa, India, 27-31 January 2003; Vol 1: 335-352.
10. Sewram V, Shephard GS, Marasas WFO, De Castro MFPM. Improving extraction of fumonisin mycotoxins from Brazilian corn-based infant foods. J Food Prot 2003; 66: 854-859.
11. Sewram V, Mshicileli N, Shephard GS, Marasas WFO. Fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair. Biomarkers 2003; 8: 110-118.
12. Sewram V, De Stefani E, Brennan P, Boffeta P. Maté consumption and the risk of squamous cell esophageal cancer in Uruguay. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003; 12: 508 - 513.
13. Shephard GS. Aflatoxin and food safety: Recent African perspectives. J Toxicol - Toxin Reviews 2003; 22: 267-286.
14. Shephard GS, Fabiani A, Stockenström S, Mshicileli N, Sewram V. Quantitation of ochratoxin A in South African wines. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51: 1102-1106.
15. Somdyala NIM, Marasas WFO, Venter FS, Vismer HF, Gelderblom WCA, Swanevelder SA. Cancer patterns in four districts of the Transkei region - 1991-1995. S Afr Med J 2003; 93: 144:148.
16. Somdyala NIM, Bradshaw D, Gelderblom WCA, Marasas WFO. Cancer patterns in four districts of the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape Province 1996-2000. PROMEC Cancer Registry Technical Report, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa 2003: 1-18.
17. Van der Westhuizen L, Shephard GS, Scussel V M, Costa LLF, Vismer HF, Rheeder JP, WFO Marasas. Fumonisin contamination and Fusarium incidence in corn from Santa Catarina, Brazil. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51: 5574-5578.
18. Viljoen JH, Marasas WFO. A review of proposed maximum tolerated levels for fumonisins in maize and maize products. In: Credland PF, Armitage DM, Bell CH, Cogan PM, Highly E (eds). Advances in Stored Product Protection. Proceedings of the 8th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, York, UK, 22-26 July 2002. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK 2003: 448-455.