Application note: 5.5 Minute LC-MS/MS Analysis of Mycotoxins in Peanut Powder

Certain fungi that can grow on agricultural products produce toxic metabolites known as mycotoxins.

Modern food processing procedures cannot completely remove these compounds if they are present, so strict monitoring protocols have been established.

Although a universal method for the analysis of mycotoxins would allow highly efficient screening, it is very challenging to develop such a method due to differences in physiochemical properties of mycotoxins, extraction efficiencies, and matrix effects.