Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of T-2 and HT-2 toxin concentrations determined in ELISA-positive raw cereals using the LC-MS/MS.
| T-2 Toxin (µg/kg) | HT-2 Toxin (µg/kg) | Share T-2:HT-2 a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Maize (n = 7) | 40.5 | 53.5 | 7.4 | 128.5 | 69.7 | 77.3 | 20.1 | 224.4 | 1:2.7 |
| Wheat (n = 4) | 8.7 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 25.5 | 4.4 | 20.1 | 30.4 | 1:3.0 |
| Barley (n = 5) | 10.8 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 32.7 | 8.9 | 20.7 | 42.1 | 1:3.1 |
| Oat (n = 17) | 23.6 | 16.9 | 5.3 | 59.0 | 80.2 | 47.8 | 20.2 | 160.5 | 1:4.4 |
a The ratio of mean T-2 over mean HT-2 toxin concentration.