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. 2023 Feb 4;15(2):127. doi: 10.3390/toxins15020127

Table 2.

Recovery assessment for blue-green algae (BGA) dietary supplement samples containing spirulina.

Recoveries (%) (n = 6)
L1 L2 L3
Analyte R % RSD % R % RSD % R % RSD %
MC-LR 74.0 15.1 76.6 9.9 81.6 9.2
NOD 102.9 16.1 94.1 19.2 77.7 15.4
MC-RR 91.2 11.6 89.9 5.1 88.0 4.4
ANA 87.8 11.8 80.1 10.2 78.7 9.0
BMAA 70.2 17.5 64.2 16.8 80.7 16.5
DAB 91.0 11.8 76.6 12.5 72.9 11.7
AEG 82.7 11.1 67.9 18.2 81.6 14.0

Concentration levels (L1, L2 and L3) were established as follows: 60, 150 and 350 µg·kg−1 for MC-LR; 50, 150 and 350 µg·kg−1 for NOD and MC-RR; 150, 300 and 600 µg·kg−1 for ANA; 300, 800 and 1800 µg·kg−1 for BMAA and DAB; and 150, 600 and 1800 µg·kg−1 for AEG.