Progress in the accuracy of mycotoxin analysis in the last quarter century

Abstract

Trends in anal. methods used in mycotoxin analyses over the last 25 years are discussed based on results from WHO and FAPAS. In 1978, most detns. of aflatoxin B1 in maize samples were done utilizing TLC methods. The percentage of TLC methods decreased to 48 % in 1989 and to 7 % in 2002. Alternatively, the use of HPLC has increased from less than 5 % in 1978 to 36 % in 1989 and 77 % in 2002. ELISA based methods have also been used in more recent tests, but the percentage of labs. using ELISA is not high. The percentage of data falling within |z| ? 2 increased steadily from 50 % in 1978 to 82 % in 2002. Similar trends over time were obsd. for aflatoxin B1 in peanut, aflatoxin M1 in milk and ochratoxin A data. [on SciFinder (R)]