Determination of fumonisins using on-line liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray mass spectrometry

Autor: Paul C. Howard, Steve Bajic, Steve W. Preece, Daniel R. Doerge, D. E. Games
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 8:603-606
ISSN: 1097-0231
0951-4198
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1290080807
Popis: Fumonisin (FB) mycotoxins are produced by Fusarium monoliforme, which grows primarily on yellow corn. Ingestion of FB1-contaminated food causes leukoencephalomalacia in horses, pulmonary edema in pigs, and is suspected in the etiology of human esophageal cancer. Chromatographic separation and detection of underivatized fumonisins has been hampered because these compounds are nonvolatile, thermally labile, and devoid of chromophoric functional groups. We report here a simple liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry method employing chromatographic separation on a polymer-based column coupled with sensitive detection using positive-ion electrospray mass spectrometry for the quantification of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 in extracts of commercial corn meal.
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