ABSTRACT
A rapid high-throughput method for the determination of 26 mycotoxins involving multifunctional cleanup column coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry ( LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated for the determination in feedstuffs. The feedstuff samples were extracted by ultrasonic treatment for 1 hour and the extraction solvent was acetonitrile/water/formic acid (84:15. 9:0. 1, V/V). 1 mL of the supernatant layer was purified by a commercial Mycospin 400 multifunctional cleanup column, then dried and re-dissolved by 0. 25 mL water/methanol/formic acid (95:4. 9:0. 1, V/V) in a vial for injection into the LC-MS/MS system. Chromatographic analyses were carried out on a reversed phase C18 column and using a gradient elution with 0. 1% formic acid aqueous solution and 0. 1% formic acid methanol solution. The mass spectrometer was operated in a multiple reaction monitoring ( MRM) mode that selected one precursor ion and two product ions for each target compound. Validation studies were carried out in maize and soybean meal as representative matrixes. The most target compounds had different level of matrix effects. So, matrix-matched calibration was adopted for quantification. Mean recoveries from spiked samples at three levels ranged from 61 . 9% to 119 . 5% with relative standard deviations of 0 . 8%-18 . 6%. Limits of quantification ranged from 0. 5 μg/kg to 25 μg/kg.