| HPLC‐FD | LC–MS | LC–MS/MS | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread and rolls | Bread and rolls | Cereal‐based food for infants and young children | Bread and rolls | Breakfast cereals | Fine bakery wares | Cereal‐based food for infants and young children | |||||||||||||||
| Limits of quantification (μg/kg) | Limits of quantification (μg/kg) | Limits of quantification (μg/kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | N | Min | Max | |
| Ergometrine | 18 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 194 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergosine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.5 | 20.0 | 194 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergocornine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 194 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergotamine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 194 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| alpha‐Ergocryptine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 133 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 59 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| beta‐Ergocryptine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 107 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 74 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Ergocristine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 194 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergometrinine | 17 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 277 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 184 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 36 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergosinine | 17 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 193 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergocorninine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 193 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergotaminine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 193 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| alpha‐Ergocryptinine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 162 | 0.8 | 10.0 | 28 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| beta‐Ergocryptinine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 1.5 | 9.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ergocristinine | 18 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 278 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 193 | 0.1 | 20.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
| Ergocryptine (sum of epimers) | – | – | – | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 167 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 135 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 35 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| Ergocryptinine (sum of epimers) | – | – | – | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 116 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 165 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 35 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 34 | 0.1 | 20.0 |
HPLC‐FD: high‐performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection; LC–MS: liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry; LC–MS/MS: liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry.