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. 2012 Nov 1;405(4):1237–1243. doi: 10.1007/s00216-012-6506-5

Table 2.

Elution times and mass-to-charge ratios of peaks identified by the statistical evaluation as positive findings, and their attribution to spiked compounds or unknown (false positive)

Compound Elution time m/z assigned
[M+H]+ No. of additional isotopes and fragments Adducts
Mycotoxins (0.4 μg mL−1)
Aflatoxin G2 5.76 331.0815 1 [M+Na]+
Aflatoxin G1 6.09 329.0646 1
Aflatoxin B2 6.44 315.0861 1 [M+Na]+
Aflatoxin B1 6.78 313.0708 1
Diacetoxyscirpenol 6.86 [M+Na]+ at 389.1561, [M+K]+ [M+NH4]+
T2 toxin 9.00 489.2099 0
Sterigmatocystin 10.27 325.0709 1 [M+Na]+
False-positive peak 14.71 315.2301 0
Pharmaceutical (100 μg mL−1)
Column bleed artefact 4.72 226.9516 0
Sulfadoxin 4.78 311.0844 10 [M+Na]+ [M+K]+ [M+2H]2+
Pesticides (2.5 μg mL−1)
Acephate 3.12 184.0190 3 [M+Na]+
Omethoate 3.35 214.0303 4 [M+Na–H2O]+
Impurity 4.40 272.0716 1
Dimethoate 5.28 230.0069 8
Paraoxonmethyl 6.39 248.0323 2 [M+Na]+
Dichlorvos 7.02 220.9536 3
Fenthion-sulfone 7.59 311.0170 4 [M+NH4]+ [M+Na]+
Atrazine 8.19 216.1015 4
Metalaxyl 8.23 280.1586 6 [M+Na]+
Methidathion 8.74 302.9687 3
Impurity 9.46 279.0270 0
Triadimefon 9.71 294.1004 1 [M+Na]+
Fenarimol 10.16 Isotopes at 333.0366 and 335.035 were detected
Tebuconazole 10.89 [M+Na]+ were detected at 330.1344 and 331.1370
Chlorfenvinfos 10.97 358.9770 12 [M+Na]+
Diazinon 11.02 305.1092 2
Fenthion 11.03 279.0282 2 [M+Na]+ [M+K]+
Propiconazol 11.07 342.0771 3 [M+Na]+
Prochloraz 11.23 376.0379 9 [M+Na]+
Impurity 11.28 362.9714 0
Ethion 12.44 384.9952 10 [M+Na]+ [M+K]+

m/z ratios are given for the main ion of each peak; other isotopes and fragments are only reported in number. Inspection of the raw data revealed additional peaks in some cases, but these are not included in the table