Table 1.
Recovery (Rec.) and Relative Standard Deviation (RSD) values (n = 5) of 14 mycotoxins using different extraction techniques.
| Analyte | Spike Level µg/kg |
Method A Rec. (%) and RSD (%) |
Method B Rec. (%) and RSD (%) |
Method C Rec. (%) and RSD (%) |
Method D Rec. (%) and RSD (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DON | 40 | 94.4 and 7.1 | 100.2 and 8.4 | 83.6 and 1.9 | 85.0 and 4.2 |
| DAS | 20 | 10.6 and 9.9 | 12.1 and 18.5 | 82.6 and 5.5 | 96.1 and 3.7 |
| FB1 | 40 | 31.7 and 19.6 | 38.9 and 19.9 | 62.8 and 6.3 | 75.7 and 4.2 |
| FB2 | 40 | 55.5 and 9.5 | 58.5 and 9.0 | 54.7 and 3.0 | 78.9 and 5.3 |
| FB3 | 40 | 58.7 and 7.7 | 60.5 and 4.5 | 67.6 and 7.1 | 76.9 and 4.7 |
| HT-2 | 40 | 98.4 and 6.5 | 121.6 and 4.0 | 93.5 and 0.9 | 95.9 and 4.0 |
| T-2 | 40 | 94.9 and 7.1 | 113.4 and 6.5 | 87.3 and 4.1 | 99.0 and 2.4 |
| OTA | 20 | 7.9 and 8.5 | 9.3 and 7.2 | 58.9 and 3.2 | 86.0 and 1.3 |
| ZON | 40 | 62.5 and 6.6 | 103.8 and 2.9 | 96.7 and 2.9 | 81.8 and 6.0 |
| AFG1 | 2.0 | 108.4 and 3.5 | 109.5 and 4.2 | 87.5 and 4.2 | 82.9 and 2.8 |
| AFG2 | 2.0 | 111.3 and 4.4 | 112.0 and 1.9 | 91.6 and 3.4 | 88.8 and 5.4 |
| AFB1 | 2.0 | 81.8 and 4.3 | 86.7 and 6.6 | 78.5 and 3.4 | 79.2 and 0.94 |
| AFB2 | 2.0 | 83.6 and 5.7 | 94.3 and 5.9 | 84.4 and 2.9 | 84.5 and 5.2 |
| NIV | 80 | ND | ND | ND | 58.8 and 3.7 |
Method A (Vicam), Method B (solid-phase extraction (SPE)), Method C (QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe)) and Method D (Modified QuEChERS).