Instrumental methods for determination of nonmacrocyclic trichothecenes in cereals, foodstuffs and cultures

An overview of the most important methods for determination of nonmacrocyclic trichothecenes (type A and B) in cereals, food/feedstuffs and solid cultures is presented. Various extraction, clean-up, and derivatization procedures, along with instrumental methods currently in use are reviewed. Possibilities and limitations of gas chromatography, highperformance liquid chromatography, and supercritical fluid chromatography in analysis of trichothecenes are discussed, including various detection techniques. Methods based on mass spectrometry are especially emphasized. The overview is based on 176 references. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.