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Table 4 Recovery (n = 5) of mycotoxins obtained from QuEChRES sample preparation

From: Simultaneous determination of 13 mycotoxins in feedstuffs using QuEChERS extraction

Mycotoxin

Fortification level (µg/kg)

Recovery (%)

Maize

Bean

Aver

STDEV

%RSD

Aver

STDEV

%RSD

Aflatoxin B1

5

83.7

2.1

2.5

83.7

3.2

3.8

10

86.3

2.5

2.9

78.8

1.5

1.9

50

86.3

3.3

3.8

85.5

1.0

1.2

Aflatoxin B2

5

77.0

5.2

6.8

85.3

3.3

3.9

10

81.5

1.1

1.3

87.0

0.7

0.8

50

83.7

1.9

2.2

86.6

0.7

0.9

Aflatoxin G1

5

71.0

2.4

3.4

77.8

2.0

2.5

10

79.9

0.6

0.8

85.4

1.2

1.4

50

86.1

1.8

2.1

87.2

0.1

0.2

Aflatoxin G2

5

87.4

6.2

7.1

82.8

1.0

1.3

10

88.9

3.0

3.3

88.8

2.1

2.4

50

88.4

2.0

2.3

83.1

0.9

1.1

Deoxynivalenol

100

89.0

10.0

11.3

100.5

2.1

2.1

200

76.7

2.7

3.5

87.0

3.4

3.9

1000

78.5

5.5

6.9

74.9

3.9

5.2

Fumonisin B1

100

99.0

3.3

3.4

86.7

3.2

3.6

200

73.9

1.3

1.8

78.1

2.2

1.5

1000

75.0

1.1

1.4

72.1

1.1

1.5

Fumonisin B2

100

112.3

2.9

2.6

115.6

4.1

3.5

200

80.9

7.5

9.3

88.0

2.6

2.9

1000

73.3

1.5

2.0

73.1

1.5

2.0

Ochratoxin A

20

106.3

1.8

1.7

96.4

1.8

1.9

40

76.6

1.3

1.7

89.3

1.7

1.8

200

88.1

0.6

0.7

82.5

1.0

1.2

T-2 toxin

100

86.7

2.9

3.3

89.3

2.3

2.6

200

90.0

1.2

1.3

94.7

1.2

1.3

1000

88.7

1.6

1.8

93.7

1.9

2.0

HT-2 toxin

100

72.8

3.2

4.4

86.5

2.96

3.1

200

83.2

1.7

2.0

92.2

3.9

4.2

1000

89.6

2.4

2.7

90.2

3.9

1.2

Zeralenone

25

70.1

4.2

5.9

88.5

2.8

3.2

50

83.3

3.2

3.8

84.1

3.6

4.3

100

89.4

1.9

2.1

80.5

1.9

2.4

α-zearalenol

100

75.2

3.4

4.5

111.6

2.7

2.4

200

82.8

2.5

3.0

97.8

7.0

7.1

1000

86.3

3.3

3.8

88.7

2.0

2.2

β-zearalenol

100

94.1

6.0

6.4

83.6

2.5

3.0

200

86.3

1.0

1.1

84.0

3.5

4.1

1000

84.4

3.4

4.0

84.4

1.7

2.0