Table 3.
Detection of Aflatoxin by different analytical methods
| Toxin | Matrix | Analytical method | Detection method | Detection limit | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFM1 | Milk | ELISA based on nanoparticles | UV absorbance | 4–25 ng/L | Radoi, Targa, Prieto‐Simon, and Marty (2008) |
| AFB1 | Corn | LC | FD | 2.00–5.00 ng/g | Brera et al. (2007) |
| AFB1 | Food | Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)‐based immunoassay | Silica‐encapsulated hollow gold nanoparticles | 0.1 ng/ml | Ko, Lee, and Choo (2015) |
| AFB1 | Cigarette smoke | LC | MS | 3.75 pg | Edinboro and Karnes (2005) |
| AFB1 | Maize | Immunochromatographic Assay | Highly Luminescent Quantum Dot Beads | 0.42 pg/ml | Ren et al. (2014) |
| AFs | Complex dietary product | HPLC | FD | 1.6–5.2 mg/kg | Zahn et al. (2009) |
| AFs | Milk, egg, meat | HPLC | UV and FD | UV‐ 0.1 mg/kg | Herzallah (2009) |
| AFB1 and AFM1 | Various foodstuffs |
Indirect Competitive ELISA |
UV absorbance | 0.13–0.16 mg/L | Jiang et al. (2013) |
| AFB1 | Peanuts | Competitive FLISA (quantum dot linked) | FD | 0.016 ng/ml | Zhang et al. (2014) |