Document Detail


Validation of a high-performance liquid chromatography analytical method for ochratoxin A quantification in cocoa beans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15764339     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A validated high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with fluorescence detection for the quantitative analysis of ochratoxin A (OTA) in cocoa beans is described. OTA was extracted with methanol-3% sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and then purified with immunoaffinity columns before its analysis by HPLC. The validation of the analytical method was based on the following criteria: selectivity, linearity, limit of detection and quantification, precision (within- and between-day variability) and recovery, robustness and uncertainty. Detection and quantification limits were 0.04 and 0.1 mug kg(-1), respectively. Recovery was 88.9% (relative standard deviation = 4.0%). This method was successfully applied to the measurement of 46 cocoa bean samples of different origins. A total of 63% of cocoa bean samples was contaminated with a level greater than the limit of detection. The means and medians obtained for cocoa bean were 1.71 and 1.12 mug kg(-1), respectively. Surveillance controls should be set up in both crops and factories involved in transformation processes to avoid this mycotoxin in final products.
Authors:
S Amézqueta; E González-Peñas; M Murillo; A López de Cerain
Related Documents :
18044449 - Occurrence of mycotoxin patulin in apple-based products marketed in tunisia.
1907929 - Quantitative determination of aflatoxin b1 in chick liver.
16013829 - Determination of triacylglycerols in donkey milk by using high performance liquid chrom...
21094949 - Separation of nonionic surfactants according to functionality by hydrophilic interactio...
15973649 - Development of a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantifi...
22629199 - Determination of the sampler type and rainfall effect on the deposition fluxes of the p...
18533679 - Quantitative analysis of antiretroviral drugs in lysates of peripheral blood mononuclea...
6148349 - Purification of radioiodinated somatostatin-related peptides by reversed-phase high-per...
17440799 - Fluorimetric determination of some sulfur containing compounds through complex formatio...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Food additives and contaminants     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0265-203X     ISO Abbreviation:  Food Addit Contam     Publication Date:  2004 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-14     Completed Date:  2005-06-13     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8500474     Medline TA:  Food Addit Contam     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1096-106     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, University of Navarra, E-31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cacao / chemistry*
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
Food Analysis / methods
Food Contamination / analysis*
Humans
Mycotoxins / analysis
Ochratoxins / analysis*
Reproducibility of Results
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Mycotoxins; 0/Ochratoxins; 303-47-9/ochratoxin A

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Comparison of urinary sphingolipids in human populations with high and low maize consumption as a po...
Next Document:  Performance of new clean-up column for the determination of ochratoxin A in cereals and foodstuffs b...