Determination of mycotoxins

Abstract

Various approaches exist to the determination of mycotoxins. Chemical assays are of major importance. Generally, all chemical analytical methods for the determination of mycotoxins include the basic steps of extraction, clean-up, separation, detection, quantitation and confirmation of identity. Most widely used are those techniques which include a chromatographic step to separate the mycotoxin of interest (minicolumn chromatography, thin layer chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography and gas liquid chromatography). Immuno-assays, which are biochemical separation techniques, are promising but still in an early stage of development for mycotoxin research. © 1986 IUPAC