title: Liquid chromatographic determination of toxigenic secondary metabolites produced by Fusarium strains.
abstract: Various liquid chromatographic methods used in the analysis of mycotoxins (zearalenone, trichothecenes and fumonisins) produced by Fusarium species were compared in this work. The results demonstrate the suitability of modern clean-up procedures employing multifunctional MycoSep and immunoaffinity columns although these methods are more expensive than conventional methodologies for clean-up. HPLC with both fluorescence and photodiode array detection is a suitable technique for the analysis of toxic secondary metabolites produced by Fusarium species; different derivatisation strategies have been studied to improve the sensitivity of the technique because of the low concentration of these metabolites in contaminated food. The utility of the proposed methodology was assessed in cereal cultures of various Fusarium strains.
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia, Department of Microbiology and Ecology, Burjassot, Spain. jose.j.mateo@uv.es
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hinojo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Llorens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000382:microbiology; D005670:Fusarium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins