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. 2020 Apr 9;11:615. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00615

TABLE 2.

LC-MS/MS method performance characteristics for 97 metabolites in dried ready-to-eat foods in Nigeria.

Metabolites Granola
Popcorn
Metabolites Granola
Popcorn
LODa Rb Rb LODa Rb Rb
3-Nitropropionic acid 0.80 65.6 74.7 Fumonisin B1 3.20 75.0 75.0
7-Hydroxypestalotin 0.40 100.7 97.8 Fumonisin B2 2.40 75.0 75.0
Aflatoxicol 1.00 97.7 81.8 HT-2 toxin 1.90 84.8 83.2
Aflatoxin B1 0.24 73.8 70.8 Hydrolyzed FB1 0.20 96.6 62.5
Aflatoxin B2 0.40 74.1 70.4 Ilicicolin A 0.02 51.8 68.7
Aflatoxin G1 0.32 74.8 64.4 Ilicicolin B 0.45 63.1 72.3
Aflatoxin M1 0.40 83.0 79.3 Ilicicolin E 0.03 92.5 86.0
Alternariol 0.40 50.1 72.8 Ilicolin C 0.20 98.4 94.1
Alternariolmethylether 0.03 83.1 77.6 Infectopyron 20.00 97.1 80.1
Ascofuranone 0.10 82.8 83.7 Iso-Rhodoptilometrin 0.03 85.4 85.2
Asperglaucide 0.08 100.0 100.0 Kojic acid 16.00 70.6 77.6
Asperphenamate 0.04 100.0 96.8 LL-Z 1272e 0.03 90.5 85.4
Aurofusarin 5.00 99.4 80.1 Linamarin 2.50 85.6 79.3
Averantin 0.04 47.4 64.9 Lotaustralin 0.10 83.1 80.8
Averufin 0.04 98.4 94.7 Macrosporin 0.13 81.1 87.8
Beauvericin 0.10 100.0 100.0 Methylsulochrin 0.04 76.2 72.8
Bikaverin 8.00 112.3 77.6 Mevinolin 1.00 102.8 81.5
Brevianamid F 0.10 61.0 61.5 Moniliformin 1.60 64.4 60.4
Chanoclavin 0.08 82.1 96.2 Monocerin 0.06 98.9 89.0
Chrysogin 0.40 69.5 66.8 Mycophenolic acid 1.10 124.8 102.2
Citreorosein 0.64 80.6 77.8 N-Benzoyl-Phenylalanine 0.15 98.5 84.9
Citrinin 0.16 72.5 49.2 Neoechinulin A 1.40 129.5 63.3
Culmorin 1.60 107.3 79.2 Nidurufin 0.16 66.0 85.9
cyclo(L-Pro-L-Tyr) 0.80 61.1 74.0 Nivalenol 0.80 93.4 89.3
cyclo(L-Pro-L-Val) 0.64 100.0 100.0 Norsolorinic acid 0.80 92.7 108.6
Cylindrol B 0.03 88.0 82.8 Ochratoxin A 0.40 107.8 90.1
Deoxynivalenol 1.00 80.0 80.8 Ochratoxin B 0.60 112.3 90.9
Dichlordiaportin 0.60 113.1 97.6 O-Methylsterigmatocystin 0.12 96.7 94.6
Dihydrocitrinone 1.00 100.0 96.0 Pestalotin 0.40 106.7 89.8
Diplodiatoxin 2.50 118.6 93.4 Phenopyrrozin 1.50 123.4 109.9
Emodin 0.06 90.1 82.8 Pinselin 0.50 101.6 85.8
Endocrocin 5.00 75.6 63.3 Purpactin A 0.70 104.1 89.8
Enniatin A 0.01 100.0 101.3 Questiomycin A 2.00 114.6 94.9
Enniatin A1 0.06 100.0 90.4 Quinolactacin A 0.08 75.4 78.6
Enniatin B 0.12 100.0 84.1 Rugulovasine A 7.60 61.0 71.1
Enniatin B1 0.08 100.0 92.7 Rugulusovin 0.7 88.9 72.6
Epiequisetin 0.24 278.0 172.9 Secalonic acid D 4.00 114.0 85.4
Equisetin 0.24 193.3 151.9 Skyrin 0.08 38.3 56.1
Ergocornine 0.90 80.8 57.3 Sterigmatocystin 0.10 93.3 84.1
Ergocristine 0.40 124.9 79.3 T-2 toxin 0.80 100.8 87.2
Ergocristinine 0.25 94.1 74.1 Tentoxin 0.10 107.7 101.6
Ergometrine 1.10 100.0 104.7 Tenuazonic acid 10.00 240.1 189.1
Ergometrinine 0.03 84.1 85.8 Terphenyllin 2.00 90.8 70.5
Ergotamine 0.90 71.9 73.0 Territrem B 0.60 113.4 88.8
Ergotaminine 0.40 61.7 55.3 Tryptophol 4.00 76.9 62.1
Fallacinol 0.10 73.4 76.5 Versicolorin A 0.24 78.5 85.1
Fellutanine A 1.00 100.0 94.3 Versicolorin C 0.24 68.7 89.5
Flavoglaucin 0.24 100.0 100.0 Zearalenone 0.20 84.1 77.9
Fumonisin A1 3.20 75.0 75.0

aLimit of detection: expressed as μg/kg sample; S/N = 3:1. bRecovery from spiking food samples (n = 5). LC-MS/MS performance parameters for garri are as given in Abass et al. (2017).