Journal
TOXINS
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages 3554-3571Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7093554
Keywords
mycotoxins; enniatins; beauvericin; urine; plasma; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [AGL2013-43194-P, BES-2011-045454]
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A novel method for the simultaneous determination of enniatins A, A1, B and B1 and beauvericin, both in human urine and plasma samples, was developed and validated. The method consisted of a simple and easy pretreatment, specific for each matrix, followed by solid phase extraction (SPE) and detection by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with an electrospray ion source. The optimized SPE method was performed on graphitized carbon black cartridges after suitable dilution of the extracts, which allowed high mycotoxin absolute recoveries (76%-103%) and the removal of the major interferences from the matrix. The method was extensively evaluated for plasma and urine samples separately, providing satisfactory results in terms of linearity (R-2 of 0.991-0.999), process efficiency (>81%), trueness (recoveries between 85% and 120%), intra-day precision (relative standard deviation, RSD < 18%), inter-day precision (RSD < 21%) and method quantification limits (ranging between 20 ngL-1 and 40 ngL-1 in plasma and between 5 ngL-1 and 20 ngL(-1) in urine). Finally, the highly sensitive validated method was applied to some urine and plasma samples from different donors.
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