title: A new approach using micro HPLC-MS/MS for multi-mycotoxin analysis in maize samples.
abstract: Using micro high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) a simple and fast method for the quantitative determination of 26 mycotoxins was developed. Sample preparation consists of a single extraction step and a dilute-and-shoot approach without further cleanup. With a total run time of 9 min and solvent consumption below 0.3 mL per chromatographic run, the presented method is cost-effective. All toxins regulated by the European Commission with maximum or guidance levels in grain products (fumonisins B1 and B2 (FB1 and FB2)); deoxynivalenol (DON); aflatoxins B1, G1, B2, and G2 (AFB1, AFG1, AFB2, and AFG2); ochratoxin A (OTA); T-2 and HT-2 toxins; and zearalenone (ZEN) can be quantified with this method. Furthermore, the enniatins B, B1, A, and A1 (EnB, EnB1, EnA, and EnA1); beauvericin (BEA); 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (3-AcDON); fusarin C (FusC); sterigmatocystin (STC); gliotoxin (GT); and the Alternaria toxins alternariol (AOH), alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), altenuene (ALT), tentoxin (TEN), and altertoxin I (ATX I) can also be quantified. For all regulated compounds, recoveries ranged between 76 and 120%. For all other toxins, the recovery was at least 51%. The method was applied for the analysis of 42 maize samples from field trials in South Africa.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 45, 48149, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hickert
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerding
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ncube
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flett
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: Hans-Ulrich
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Humpf
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins