Determination of the Fusarium mycotoxin beauvericin at micrograms/kg levels in corn by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection.
A method is described for the detection of the Fusarium mycotoxin beauvericin (BEA) in corn and corn meal. Spectral data obtained with a diode-array detector showed that the most sensitive wavelength for the detection of BEA is 192 nm. The detection limit for BEA was 50 micrograms/kg, which is an increase in sensitivity by a factor of at least twenty compared to previously published analytical methods for this mycotoxin.
Institute for Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), Center for Analytical Chemistry, Tulln, Austria.
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Krska
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Schuhmacher
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Grasserbauer
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Scott
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D047630:Depsipeptides; D005670:Fusarium / Q000737:chemistry*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D010455:Peptides; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D047630:Depsipeptides; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009183:Mycotoxins; D010455:Peptides; C004456:beauvericin