TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a screening method for rapid control of macrocyclic lactone mycotoxins in maize flour samples
AU - Zougagh, Mohammed
AU - Téllez, Helena
AU - Sánchez, Alberto
AU - Chicharro, Manuel
AU - Ríos, Angel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Cien-cia and JJCC Castilla-La Mancha are gratefully acknowledged for funding this work with Grants CTQ2007–61830 and PCC08–015– 0722. The support given through a “Juan de la Cierva” research contract for M. Zougagh is also acknowledged.
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - A procedure for the analytical validation of a rapid supercritical fluid extraction amperometric screening method for controlling macrocyclic lactone mycotoxins in maize flour samples has been developed. The limit established by European legislation (0.2 mg kg-1), in reference to zearalenone (ZON) mycotoxin, was taken as the reference threshold to validate the proposed method. Natural ZON metabolites were also included in this study to characterize the final screening method. The objective was the reliable classification of samples as positive or negative samples. The cut-off level was fixed at a global concentration of mycotoxins of 0.17 mg kg-1. An expanded unreliability zone between 0.16 and 0.23 mg kg-1 characterized the screening method for classifying the samples. A set of 30 samples was used for the final demonstration of the reliability and usefulness of the method.
AB - A procedure for the analytical validation of a rapid supercritical fluid extraction amperometric screening method for controlling macrocyclic lactone mycotoxins in maize flour samples has been developed. The limit established by European legislation (0.2 mg kg-1), in reference to zearalenone (ZON) mycotoxin, was taken as the reference threshold to validate the proposed method. Natural ZON metabolites were also included in this study to characterize the final screening method. The objective was the reliable classification of samples as positive or negative samples. The cut-off level was fixed at a global concentration of mycotoxins of 0.17 mg kg-1. An expanded unreliability zone between 0.16 and 0.23 mg kg-1 characterized the screening method for classifying the samples. A set of 30 samples was used for the final demonstration of the reliability and usefulness of the method.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00216-008-2047-3
DO - 10.1007/s00216-008-2047-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 18369599
AN - SCOPUS:43049140165
SN - 0016-1152
VL - 391
SP - 709
EP - 714
JO - Fresenius Zeitschrift fur Analytische Chemie
JF - Fresenius Zeitschrift fur Analytische Chemie
IS - 2
ER -