title: Determination of mycotoxins in plant-based beverages using QuEChERS and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: A method was developed for the simultaneous determination of 11 mycotoxins in plant-based beverage matrices, using a QuEChERS extraction followed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry detection (UHPLC-(ESI)MS/MS). This multi-mycotoxin method was applied to analyse plant-based beverages such as soy, oat and rice. QuEChERS extraction was applied obtaining suitable extraction recoveries between 80 and 91%, and good repeatability and reproducibility values. Method Quantification Limits were between 0.05μgL-1(for aflatoxin G1and aflatoxin B1) and 15μgL-1(for deoxynivalenol and fumonisin B2). This is the first time that plant-based beverages have been analysed, and certain mycotoxins, such as deoxynivalenol, aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2, ochratoxin A, T-2 toxin and zearalenone, were found in the analysed samples, and some of them quantified between 0.1μgL-1and 19μgL-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain; Group of Research on Omic Methodologies (GROM), Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Eugènia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miró-Abella
authors.affiliation: Group of Research on Omic Methodologies (GROM), Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Pol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.affiliation: Group of Research on Omic Methodologies (GROM), Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Canela
authors.affiliation: Unitat de biotecnologia - EURECAT, Av. Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arola
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borrull
authors.affiliation: Group of Research on Omic Methodologies (GROM), Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain. Electronic address: mariarosa.ras@urv.cat.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ras
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fontanals
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins
keywords: Mycotoxin; Plant-based beverages; QuEChERS; UHPLC–(ESI)MS/MS