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. 2021 Nov 13;10(11):2795. doi: 10.3390/foods10112795

Table 3.

Accuracy and precision for nine mycotoxins determined using optimal LC–MS/MS conditions for six different vegetable oil samples.

Mycotoxin
(µg/kg)
Palm Oils Corn Oils
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
AFB1
0.5 114.2 3.5 5.3 80.4 5.1 4.9
2.5 94.2 2.6 7.4 93.5 2.1 6.2
10 92.4 3.5 5.2 98.2 1.1 2.3
AFB2
0.5 96 2 12.1 95.7 6.3 5.8
2.5 115 9.5 9.1 79.5 7.6 6.4
10 110.7 14.3 8.4 72.4 2.6 2.9
AFG1
0.5 93 5 5.9 93.7 6.4 7.7
2.5 105.5 2.3 2.4 92.5 4.5 4.6
10 112.9 3 4.3 89.3 2.8 3.8
AFG2
0.5 104.1 13.1 13.2 85.8 12 12
2.5 114.7 7.8 3.8 97 12.2 8.2
10 105.3 4 3.9 93.8 3 2.6
OTA
1 92.5 4.5 5.9 102 3.7 7.9
5 105.4 4.9 3.4 105 6.8 3.7
25 102.7 1.8 2.4 98.5 3 5.8
ZEA
75 99.3 6 4.4 92.6 7.8 9
150 91 2 3.6 99.8 5.4 6.4
350 93 1.4 4 104.5 2.6 5.5
BEA
0.5 84.3 2.9 3.2 81.6 10.6 7.6
2.5 88.2 2.3 3.8 88.3 6.4 5.3
10 93.3 1.5 2.9 90.7 8.4 7.1
FB1
10 85 2.3 6.3 84.6 7.7 5.3
50 93.7 2.6 5.5 86.7 7.5 6.8
150 107.4 3.8 4.8 96.6 5.9 4.4
FB2
10 84.8 4.6 3.7 95.6 5 4.5
50 101.7 6.5 5.9 96.2 3.5 4.3
150 103.3 4.4 4.8 101.4 2.8 2
Mycotoxin
(µg/kg)
Olive Oils Sunflower Oils
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
AFB1
0.5 82.7 4.4 5.4 84.7 12.5 10.2
2.5 91.2 4.8 4.9 91.1 1.6 11.6
10 94.1 7.3 5.5 96.1 3.9 10.4
AFB2
0.5 86.3 5.8 6.2 90.1 4.8 5.2
2.5 91.5 2.4 3.4 93.3 3.9 3.7
10 96.2 3.8 4.8 94.3 2.3 10.2
AFG1
0.5 85 8.2 7.1 95.7 5.7 5
2.5 87.6 7.4 5.7 93.7 2.3 2.2
10 90.7 6.9 8.3 103.4 4.5 8.6
AFG2
0.5 108.7 3.9 2.9 98.6 7.1 5.3
2.5 101.6 4.1 4 95.4 6.5 4.1
10 105.1 3.6 3.9 92.6 3.2 10.6
OTA
1 82.2 2.6 3.8 79.1 7.8 10.5
5 88.4 3.8 6.9 85 5.3 4.5
25 92.9 4 4.1 89.3 1.4 2.8
ZEA
75 95.4 3.4 8.4 104.4 4.6 7.1
150 100.1 2.1 2.5 92.4 2.7 3.6
350 104.3 2.2 2.7 92.6 5 4.7
BEA
0.5 84.6 8 7.5 115.7 3.1 3.8
2.5 106.1 9.3 11.8 117.2 10.6 8.1
10 91.1 11 9.7 114.1 13.5 8.2
FB1
10 106.6 6.1 4.7 84.2 1.8 2.3
50 93.2 4.3 4.5 92.6 2.1 4.1
150 90.6 3.3 3.6 95.1 4.6 2.6
FB2
10 93.4 5.3 6.1 84 8.4 5.4
50 106.6 7.7 5.3 90.6 8.3 4.7
150 100.1 7.8 4.3 87.4 8.9 8.3
Mycotoxin
(µg/kg)
Soybean Oils Rice Bran Oils
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Recovery (%) (n = 5) Intraday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
Interday Precision
(%RSD) (n = 5)
AFB1
0.5 101.1 7.05 8.9 103.3 1.9 4.1
2.5 98.6 1.6 3.2 91.6 3.6 2.3
10 105.4 5.1 6.8 89.7 4.5 5.2
AFB2
0.5 84.2 19.7 8.2 84.3 6.1 4.1
2.5 92.8 3.8 5.3 90.6 1.9 3.5
10 93.4 2.9 5.2 88.4 4.6 4.7
AFG1
0.5 84.8 6.9 7.5 89.4 4.7 5.5
2.5 101.7 3.9 3.8 86.4 4 2.9
10 105.3 4.1 5.2 83.1 4.6 5.1
AFG2
0.5 88.7 3.1 6.2 85.6 6.6 6.9
2.5 91.6 4.6 5.9 83.6 3.2 4.8
10 103.3 2.9 6.5 75.7 5.9 5.6
OTA
1 81.4 10.7 10.4 93.7 6.2 7.9
5 74.9 5.7 7.7 77.9 4.6 3.6
25 75.6 0.5 2.4 78 5.5 6.2
ZEA
75 85.6 8.6 7.5 79.7 3.6 4.4
150 88.6 1.5 3.8 92.9 2.9 3.2
350 101.2 7.4 7.8 93.1 6.2 4.4
BEA
0.5 85.6 6.6 7.4 87.1 10.3 8.5
2.5 89.1 6.3 7 85.6 8.2 7.3
10 86.6 8.7 10.3 88.2 5.8 6.4
FB1
10 83.3 3.3 6.3 84.5 3.1 3.5
50 92.7 3.6 4.5 86 5.2 4.8
150 104.6 4.8 5.5 90.6 4.6 5.8
FB2
10 82.3 3.6 4.1 86.8 4.6 5.1
50 99.7 5.6 6.9 103.7 6.2 6.9
150 103.3 4.4 4.9 106.3 6.3 7.4

%RSD = percentage relative standard deviation.