Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 889, Issue -, Pages 138-143Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.01.036
Keywords
Aflatoxin; Particle size; HPLC; Solid core
Funding
- European Union [PIEF-GA-2009-253014]
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In this work we compared the performance of chromatography columns with particles of 5 and 3 mu m with the new 2.7 mu m solid core particles for the analysis of aflatoxins B1, G1, B2, and G2 using trifluoroacetic acid pre-column derivatization. Three different columns have been used and chromatographic parameters as retention time, resolution, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ) were obtained from all of them and compared. The results show that comparing with the traditional columns, shorter columns (100 mm x 4.6 mm) with the new solid core particles are suitable for the analysis of these mycotoxins and allowed the reduction of the analysis time by 45.5% and 33.3% with respect to columns with particle size 5 mu m (150 mm x 4.6 mm) and 3 mu m (150 mm x 4.6 mm) respectively, without any detrimental effect on performance. This leads to the reduction of the analysis costs by saving on organic solvents and increasing the total number of analyses per day. The capability of these columns for analyzing samples, in different culture media, was assessed by analyzing different samples from: yeasts extract sucrose medium, corn meal agar medium and fresh hazelnut media. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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