Q. What is Deoxynivalenol?
Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a far more common, but much less toxic, trichothecene and is produced by species such as F. graminearum and F. culmorum. LD50 of DON is 70mg/kg. The trichothecenes are remarkably stable compounds, and DON will survive both dry milling and wet milling processes of corn. The baking of bread has relatively little effect on trichothecenes such as DON.