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Evaluation of Microbial Safety of Dairies using Bacterial Proteomic Profiling via MALDI Approach
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Multi-mycotoxin analysis in dairy products by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole orbitrap mass spectrometry
Wei Jia1, Xiaogang Chu1, Yun Ling2
1College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, China; Institute of Food Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100123, China.
Abstract:
A new analytical method was developed and validated for simultaneous analysis of 58 mycotoxins in dairy products. Response surface methodology was employed to optimize a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) sample preparation method. Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization quadrupole Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC/ESI Q-Orbitrap) was used for the separation and detection of all the analytes. The method was validated by taking into consideration the guidelines specified in Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and 401/2006/EC. The extraction recoveries were in a range of 86.6-113.7%, with coefficient of variation <6.2%. The 58 compounds could be detected in the 0.001-100 μg kg(-1) concentration range, with correlation coefficient >0.99. The limits of detection for the analytes are in the range 0.001-0.92 μg kg(-1). The repeatability was lower than 6.4%. This method has been successfully applied on screening of mycotoxins in commercial dairy product samples, and it is very useful for fast screening of different food contaminants.
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