Analysis of Fumonisin in Livestock Feed Blend Using a Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

User Benefits

- LCMS-2050 single quadrupole mass spectrometer enables highly selective fumonisin analysis. - All compounds of fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 can be analyzed with good accuracy and repeatability. - Carryover can be reduced using multi-rinse function equipped in autosampler.

Introduction

Fumonisin is one of mycotoxins derived from the genus Fusarium (Fusarium, red mold). Four analogues of fumonisin, fumonisin B1, B2, B3, and B4 have been reported. Fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 (hereinafter referred to as FB1, FB2, and FB3, respectively) are the most natural contaminants, and have been paid attention because of their effects on livestock, such as leukoencephalopathy in horses and pulmonary edema in pigs, as well as their reported teratogenicity in the neural tube of newborn infants in areas where processed corn is the main food source . The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has set a control standard value of 4 mg/kg for fumonisin (FB1 + FB2 + FB3) in feed as an index to confirm the effect of reducing harmful substances through GMP and other process controls by feed manufacturers. This paper article describes an analysis of FB1, FB2, and FB3 in livestock feed blend using a high performance liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer LCMS-2050.

March 3, 2024 GMT