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. 2013 Mar 8;5(3):504–523. doi: 10.3390/toxins5030504

Table 1.

Mycotoxins and metabolites detected in the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/ mass spectrometry (MS) analysed samples, specifying the number of positive samples (n (pos)), the percentage of positive samples, as well as the median (positives) and the maximum concentration in μg/kg. In case there were only two positives, the range is provided instead; analytes are listed in order of prevalence.

Mycotoxin/metabolite n (pos) % pos Median (μg/kg) Max (μg/kg) Mycotoxin/metabolite n (pos) % pos Median (μg/kg) Max (μg/kg)
Beauvericin 81 98 6.7 2326 Pestalotin 5 6 10 19
sum of Enniatins 80 96 30 5441 Tetracycline (ab) 5 6 77 10,696
  Enniatin A1 79 95 5.5 2216 Versicolorin C ** 5 6 0.8 89
  Enniatin B 76 92 11 780 Amoxycillin * (ab) 4 5 NA NA
  Enniatin B1 76 92 14 2690 Andrastin D * 4 5 NA NA
  Enniatin A 72 87 0.8 1745 Dechlorogriseofulvin 4 5 18 182
  Enniatin B2 8 10 0.8 13 Griseofulvin 4 5 31 399
  Enniatin B3 7 8 0.01 0.1
Deoxynivalenol 74 89 122 25,928 Linamarin (plt) 4 5 1705 20,205
Emodin 74 89 9.8 1570 Monoacetoxyscirpenol 4 5 7.7 31
Equisetin 72 87 23 13,680 Neoxaline 4 5 3.3 13
Zearalenone 72 87 14 5326 Penitrem A 4 5 92 701
Aurofusarin 70 84 85 17,659 Roquefortine C 4 5 103 915
Alternariol methyl ether 68 82 1.4 733 Secalonic acid D 4 5 4.5 369
Alternariol 66 80 2.8 221 3-AcetylDON 3 4 28 588
Tentoxin 66 80 3.9 76 Agroclavin 3 4 0.1 0.9
Moniliformin 63 76 45 12,236 Aminodecyl octadecanol 3 4 39 276
DON-3-glucoside 62 75 15 7764 Cytochalasin J 3 4 27 164
Culmorin 61 63 195 44,616 Ergocorninine 3 4 14 15
Nivalenol 61 63 17 1760 Ergocristine 3 4 47 63
Tryptophol 59 71 267 99,040 Ergocristinin 3 4 21 25
Apicidin 55 66 1.9 160 Ergocryptine 3 4 16 25
Brevianamide F 54 65 69 2043 Ergocryptinine 3 4 8.8 11
Tenuazonic acid 54 65 68 1983 Ergosin 3 4 27 52
15-Hydroxyculmorin 52 63 49 15,620 Ergosinin 3 4 4.8 8.6
Butenolide 43 52 23 1490 Ergotamine 3 4 71 129
ZEN-4-sulfate 41 49 1 136 Ergotaminine 3 4 9.7 18
Altertoxin-I 35 42 1.1 65 Lotaustralin (plt) 3 4 50 435
Curvularin 29 35 14 484 Ochratoxin A 3 4 4.9 31
Avenacin Y 26 31 209 9948 Paspalitrem A * 3 4 NA NA
Macrosporin A 26 31 3.3 9.1 Rubellin D 3 4 259 1188
T-2 Toxin 26 31 3.8 427 Rubrofusarin 3 4 2374 4923
Macrosporin 24 29 3.7 15 T-2 Tetraol 3 4 9.5 1655
Monocerin 24 29 0.9 2644 sum of Aflatoxins 2 2 0.24 a 861
Siccanol * 23 28 9607 39850   Aflatoxin B1 2 2 0.24 a 699
3-Nitropropionic acid 19 23 6 392   Aflatoxin B2 1 1 - 63
sum of Fumonisins 18 22 203 57,667   Aflatoxin G1 1 1 - 69
  Fumonisin B1 18 22 142 40,300   Aflatoxin G2 1 1 - 4.4
  Fumonisin B2 18 22 38 10,372   Aflatoxin M1 1 1 - 26
  Fumonisin B3 14 17 18 3859 Cyclopiazonic acid 2 2 37 a 2319
  Fumonisin B4 7 8 112 3136 Diacetoxyscirpenol 2 2 0.04 a 2.7
Fusaric acid 18 22 643 13,593 Ergocornine 2 2 19 a 25
HT-2 Toxin 18 22 13 1910 Ergocristam * 2 2 17,370 a 19230
Chrysophanol 17 20 8.2 41 Ergocristinam * 2 2 7181 a 8233
Mycophenolic acid 17 20 40 21,856 Ergovalin 2 2 1 a 5.4
Averufin ** 16 19 0.4 215 Gibberellic acid 2 2 9.7 a 89
β-Zearalenol 15 18 5.1 174 Methylsterigmatocystin 2 2 0.4 a 27
Bikaverin * 14 17 27510 51,130 Neosolaniol 2 2 0.7 a 290
Fusaproliferin 14 17 2555 14,844 Penicillic acid 2 2 12 a 13
Fusarinolic acid ** 13 16 643 13,965 Radicicol 2 2 5.3 a 5.9
Skyrin 13 16 1.4 6853 Terphenyllin 2 2 16 a 67
Chlamydosporol 12 14 55 656 15-AcetylDON 1 1 - 2718
5-Hydroxyculmorin 11 13 350 3920 Aflatrem * 1 1 NA NA
α-Zearalenol 11 13 2 51 Averantin 1 1 - 20
Ergometrinin 11 13 0.3 14 Averufanin ** 1 1 - 29
Kojic acid 10 12 75 3172 Calphostin C 1 1 - 431
Chanoclavin 8 10 0.1 8.9 Citrinin 1 1 - 42
Andrastin A * 7 8 4814 7603 Cycloaspeptide A 1 1 - 4.6
Physcion 7 8 245 1162 Cytochalasin B 1 1 - 27
Sterigmatocystin 7 8 1.5 4.7 Cytochalasin H 1 1 - 77
15-Hydroxyculmoron 6 7 83 4886 Decalonectrin 1 1 NA NA
Aspterric acid 6 7 194 3992 Erginie 1 1 - 0.33
hydrolysed FB1 6 7 15 95 Festucalvin 1 1 - 0.34
Paspalin * 6 7 NA NA Malformin A ** 1 1 - 8
Sambucinol 6 7 149 675 Malformin C 1 1 - 2.7
Citreoviridin 5 6 94 382 Nidurufin ** 1 1 - 9
Ergometrin 5 6 6.8 26 Norsolorinic acid ** 1 1 - 1.6
Lycomycin * 5 6 NA NA Pyrenophorol 1 1 - 13
Meleagrin 5 6 237 1821 Rugulosin 1 1 - 201,640
Oxytetracyclin 5 6 NA NA T-2 Triol 1 1 - 278
Paxillin 5 6 5017 94,860 Versicolorin A ** 1 1 - 27

a minimum in µg/kg; * no standard available for quantification (if a standard became available at some point, the results samples analysed thereafter are shown in the median/maximum column); ** semi-quantified using response factor of a structurally related analyte; ab: antibiotic, plt: plant metabolite, NA: not applicable.