Currently, methods to
detect mycotoxin contamination in beer are costly and require in - laboratory analysis.
A fast and sensitive method involving ultra ‐ performance liquid chromatography — tandem mass spectrometry has been introduced to
detect the mycotoxin citrinin in dried orange peel.
Not exact matches
Testing on commercial beer and barley showed that the portable instrument
detected levels as low as 0.2 nanograms / milliliter of ochratoxin A and 120 ng / mL of deoxynivalenol — respectively, the estimated safe limits for these
mycotoxins.
In another study conducted at the UV by the same research group, researchers Mónica Fernández - Franzón and Inés Azaiez also
detected the presence of 16
mycotoxins in dried fruits sold in Spain and Tunisia.