A survey of zearalenone in corn using Romer Mycosep™ 224 column and high performance liquid chromatography
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Food Additives & Contaminants
- Vol. 18 (1) , 39-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02652030010002649
Abstract
A survey of zearalenone (ZEA) in corn from various regions of Brazil was carried out by the analysis of 380 corn samples, of which 30 samples (7.8%) were found to be contaminated in the range of 46.7-719 μg/kg. ZEA was extracted with acetonitrile-water (84:16, v/v), cleaned-up on a Romer Mycosep™ 224 column, separated, detected and quantified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The in-house method characteristics of linearity, accuracy, precision, and detection limit were defined by means of recovery tests with spiked corn samples in the range of 35.8-716 μg/ kg and the analysis of a naturally-contaminated sample (n= 7). The mean recovery for ZEA was 99.4% and the relative standard deviation (RSD) varied from 0.7 to 26.6% in the range studied. The method has been shown to be accurate, quick and reliable for determination of zearalenone in corn.Keywords
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