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Recent Advances in Technologies for Detecting Zeranol Residue in Animal-Derived Foods

ZHANG Xiao-fan, HOU Yu-ze, HU Xiao-fei, CAI Qi-chao, ZHANG Gai-ping, LI Zhao-zhou, LI Dao-min     

  1. 1. College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China; 2. Key Laboratory
    for Animal Immunology, Ministry of Agriculture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450003, ChinaZeranol (ZER) is the reduction product from zearalenone (ZEN). It was widely used as an anabolic promoter.
    ZER can enter the human body through the food chain when retained in the animal body. ZER may cause endocrine
    disorders, cancer, developmental disorders and birth defects, and affect the growth of the secondary sex characters, as well
    as have potential carcinogenicity. When ZER is discharged from the animal body, it can cause environmental pollution and
    secondary pollution by drinking water and foods. Therefore, its use has been banned all over the world. The properties,
    toxicity, applications, and detection methods of ZER are summarized briefly in this paper with the goal of providing a
    reference for further studies of zeranol.
  • Online:2014-04-15 Published:2014-04-18

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Abstract:

Zeranol (ZER) is the reduction product from zearalenone (ZEN). It was widely used as an anabolic promoter.ZER can enter the human body through the food chain when retained in the animal body. ZER may cause endocrinedisorders, cancer, developmental disorders and birth defects, and affect the growth of the secondary sex characters, as wellas have potential carcinogenicity. When ZER is discharged from the animal body, it can cause environmental pollution andsecondary pollution by drinking water and foods. Therefore, its use has been banned all over the world. The properties,toxicity, applications, and detection methods of ZER are summarized briefly in this paper with the goal of providing areference for further studies of zeranol.

Key words: zeranol (ZER), toxicity, residue determination