[Rapid screening and confirmation of 20 mycotoxins in grain products by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography- quadrupole/electrostatic field orbitrap high- resolution mass spectrometry].

A rapid method based on ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/electrostatic field orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-HRMS) was developed for the screening and confirmation of 20 mycotoxins in grain products. The samples were extracted with acetonitrile containing 2% (v/v) formic acid, and the extracts were cleaned up on Captive EMR-Lipid columns. The analytes were separated on a Thermo Hypersil Gold C18 column (100 mm×2.1 mm, 1.9 µm), and analyzed by UPLC-HRMS. The retention time and accurate mass of the parent ion were used for fast screening in full scan mode, while the accurate masses of the fragment ions were used for confirmation in the two-stage threshold-triggered full mass scan mode. The results revealed that the 20 mycotoxins showed good linear relationships in their respective mass concentration ranges. The correlation coefficients were not less than 0.99, and the limits of quantitation (LOQs) ranged from 0.25 to 20 µg/kg. The recoveries of the 20 mycotoxins in the sample ranged from 72.9% to 117.8% with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) from 2.9% to 15.2% at three spiked levels (n=6). This method has the advantages of high sensitivity and reliability, and is thus suitable for the rapid screening and confirmation of 20 mycotoxins in grain products.

Determination of triazine herbicides in milk by cloud point extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography.

High-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection was used to detect four triazines in milk. An efficient pretreatment method known as cloud point extraction (CPE) was proposed for extracting and preconcentrating analytes. The parameters of CPE including surfactant type and concentration, electrolyte, sample pH, incubation temperature and duration were investigated. Under optimal conditions, satisfying recoveries in the range of 70.5-96.9% were achieved for four triazines. The limits of detection ranged from 6.79 to 11.19µg L(-1). The linear range of quantitation for the four triazines was 50-2000µg L(-1), and the correlation coefficients of the calibration curves were all 0.9999. The results demonstrated that the proposed method was efficient and reliable for the determination of triazine herbicides in milk samples.