Table 4.
Mycotoxin levels in commercial cereal samples determined by the antibody microarray immunoassay and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).
| Samples | Antibody Microarray (μg/kg, Mean ± SD a) | LC-MS/MS (μg/kg, Mean ± SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFB1 | OTA | ZEN | FB1 | AFB1 | OTA | ZEN | FB1 | |
| Corn 1 | - b | 12.31 ± 2.13 | - | - | - | 14.87 ± 1.21 | - | - |
| Corn 2 | - | - | 95.37 ± 8.73 | 724.53 ± 57.29 | - | - | 109.14 ± 8.16 | 688.47 ± 32.07 |
| Corn 3 | - | - | 72.85 ± 5.26 | 920.76 ± 64.79 | - | - | 85.03 ± 7.39 | 846.59 ± 50.61 |
| Corn 4 | - | 27.64 ± 2.49 | - | - | - | 32.36 ± 2.14 | - | - |
| Corn 7 | - | 20.86 ± 2.43 | - | 593.71 ± 41.15 | - | 25.57 ± 2.71 | - | 542.04 ± 38.32 |
| Corn 11 | - | 22.59 ± 2.04 | - | - | - | 26.71 ± 2.13 | - | - |
| Wheat 1 | - | 16.76 ± 1.36 | - | - | - | 20.99 ± 2.71 | - | - |
| Wheat 6 | - | - | 29.78 ± 2.54 | 811.23 ± 62.15 | - | - | 34.21 ± 2.33 | 741.48 ± 40.32 |
| Wheat 7 | - | 42.33 ± 3.89 | - | - | - | 49.55 ± 3.23 | - | - |
| Wheat 11 | 8.79 ± 1.05 | - | 13.96 ± 1.19 | - | 10.11 ± 1.62 | - | 16.67 ± 1.35 | - |
| Feed 2 | 23.85 ± 2.68 | - | 15.97 ± 1.34 | 398.92 ± 35.67 | 27.52 ± 1.84 | - | 19.35 ± 2.17 | 347.54 ± 26.38 |
| Feed 3 | - | - | 14.69 ± 1.37 | 321.27 ± 28.94 | - | - | 17.52 ± 1.34 | 299.93 ± 21.15 |
| Feed 6 | - | - | 11.38 ± 1.67 | - | - | - | 14.84 ± 1.89 | - |
| Feed 7 | - | 39.41 ± 2.97 | - | 713.25 ± 61.68 | - | 45.62 ± 3.12 | - | 667.06 ± 48.81 |
| Feed 11 | - | - | 26.72 ± 2.51 | 684.82 ± 46.39 | - | - | 30.34 ± 2.19 | 631.28 ± 37.43 |
| Feed 12 | - | - | 21.85 ± 2.62 | 461.56 ± 35.73 | - | - | 27.03 ± 2.31 | 420.79 ± 22.27 |
a SD: Standard Deviation (n = 3); b -: Not Detected.