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MYCOTOXIN RESEARCH
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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-023-00509-y
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Beauveria bassiana; Insecticide; Secondary metabolites; UPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS
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Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus, produces eight insecticidal metabolites. A rapid analysis method using UPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS was developed to simultaneously detect and analyze these compounds. The main metabolites identified were bassianolide and beauvericin, indicating their potential as major toxins of B. bassiana.
Beauveria bassiana, a representative entomopathogenic fungus, is increasingly being utilized as an eco-friendly pest management alternative to chemical insecticides. This fungus produces a range of insecticidal secondary metabolites that act as antimicrobial and immunosuppressive agents. However, detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis related to these compounds remains scarce, we developed a method for the rapid analysis of these metabolites. Eight secondary metabolites (bassianin, bassianolide, beauvericin, beauveriolide I, enniatin A, A1, and B, and tenellin) were efficiently extracted when B. bassiana-infected Tenebrio molitor larvae were ground in 70% EtOH extraction solvent and subsequently subjected to ultrasonic treatment for 30 min. The eight metabolites were rapidly and simultaneously analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS). Bassianolide (20.6-51.1 mu g/g) and beauvericin (63.6-109.8 mu g/g) were identified as the main metabolites in B. basssiana-infected larvae, indicating that they are likely major toxins of B. bassiana. Validation of the method exhibited recovery rates in the range of 80-115% and precision in the range of 0.1-8.0%, indicating no significant interference from compounds in the matrix. We developed a method to rapidly analyze eight insecticidal metabolites using UPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS. This can be extensively utilized for detecting and producing insecticidal fungal secondary metabolites.
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