Table 3. Concentration (μg/L) of HGA and the Metabolites MCPA-G/MCPA-C and MCPF-G and Peak Areas of MCPF-C in Individual Milk Samples of Cows (C1–C5)a.
| HGA (μg/L)b |
MCPA-G
(μg/L)c |
MCPA-C (μg/L)d |
MCPF-G (μg/L)e |
MCPF-Cf peak areaf |
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| day | time | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| 1 | am | − | − | − | − | − | 3.7 | − | NQ | − | − | NQ | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ++ | + | + | + | + |
| pm | − | − | − | − | − | 8.6 | 20 | 12 | 8.2 | 18 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 1.9 | − | 6.8 | − | − | − | − | − | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | |
| 2 | am | − | − | − | − | − | 1.4 | 5.2 | 2.1 | NQ | 2.5 | − | NQ | − | − | NQ | NQ | NQ | − | − | − | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ |
| pm | − | − | − | − | − | 39 | 44 | 35 | 14 | 44 | 11 | 7.9 | 3.0 | NQ | 14 | − | NQ | − | − | − | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | |
| 3 | am | − | NQ | − | − | − | 9.5 | 15 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 0.78 | NQ | − | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | NQ | NQ | NQ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ |
| pm | − | − | − | − | − | 34 | 99 | 50 | 74 | 51 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 7.9 | NQ | − | − | − | − | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++++ | |
| 4 | am | − | NQ | − | − | − | 4.3 | 17 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 8.3 | − | NQ | − | − | 1.3 | NQ | 1.6 | NQ | NQ | NQ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++++ |
NQ: value below LOQ but above LOD. −, not detected.
Hypoglycin A (HGA): LOQ = 1.12 μg/L, LOD = 0.34 μg/L.
Methylenecyclopropylacetyl-glycine (MCPA-G): LOQ 0.99 μg/L, LOD = 0.30 μg/L.
Methylenecyclopropylacetyl-carnitine (MCPA-C): LOQ 0.75 μg/L, LOD 0.23 μg/L.
Methylenecyclopropylformyl-glycine (MCFP-G): LOQ 1.09 μg/L, LOD = 0.33 μg/L.
Peak areas in milk samples: +, >1.00 × 104; ++, >1.00 × 105; +++, >5.00 × 105; ++++, >2.00 × 106.