Mycotoxin testing

Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by certain fungi that can be found in food. As fungi often thrive under warm and humid conditions, a variety of foodstuff can be affected, including cereals, nuts, spices, dried fruits, pulses, apples and derived products like cider, coffee beans, dry vine fruits, wine and grape juice, cocoa and many more.

The emerging trend of a plant-based diet can elevate exposure levels in individuals following a vegetarian diet. With this nutritional trend, mycotoxins have re-claimed the spotlight in residue testing in recent years.

During testing, the complex plant matrices can interfere with the ionization process in the mass spectrometer, affecting sensitivity and accuracy. Complex matrices can also impact robustness. Analytical scientists need to address matrix effects carefully through matrix-matched calibration or the use of internal standards to ensure reliable quantification. Mycotoxins also often occur in trace amounts, demanding highly sensitive analytical methods to detect and quantify them accurately. Optimization of instrument parameters and sample preparation techniques is crucial to achieve the required sensitivity levels. The fact that many grains and nuts can be contaminated with multiple mycotoxins simultaneously, poses an additional challenge for comprehensive analysis.

Developing these methods can be time consuming; that’s why SCIEX has done it for you.

Benefit from outstanding application expertise to set up your mycotoxin testing and count on SCIEX' system design to deal with those difficult matrices.

SCIEX' source design with orthogonal spray enables outstanding robustness thanks to heat transfer from the two side heaters (in a V-shape) into the center providing the heat to evaporate solvent and ions.

QTRAP and MRM3 provide additional sensitivity giving you high confidence in your results.

SCIEX' fast electronics enable advanced switching capabilities. With ultrashort dwell and pause times, our systems are made for high numbers of analytes in a single method. Our easy-to-learn SCIEX OS software makes data processing streamlined, even for beginners. 

Difficult matrices - choose SCIEX.