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Title: Supercritical-fluid extraction and chromatography-mass spectrometry for analysis of mycotoxins

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6053543

The use of direct supercritical-fluid injection-mass spectrometry for the rapid analysis of mycotoxins of the tricothecene group is demonstrated. A solution containing diacetoxyscirpenol or T-2 toxin is injected into a fluid consisting primarily of pentane or carbon dioxide and is rapidly brought to supercritical conditions. Direct injection of the fluid stream into a chemical ionization source allows thermally labile compounds to be analyzed. Under these conditions trichothecene mass spectra showing significant (M + 1)/sup +/ ions and distinctive fragmentation patterns are obtained. Detection limits are in the subnanogram range. Direct analysis from complex substrates using selective supercritical-fluid extraction is proposed. 4 figures.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6053543
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-10617; CONF-8210157-1; ON: DE83013745
Resource Relation:
Conference: Association of Official Analytical Chemists meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 25 Oct 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English