Authors: Daradimos E.; Marcaki P.; Koupparis M.

Source: Food Additives and Contaminants, Volume 17, Number 1, 1 January 2000 , pp. 65-73(9)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

Two methods for the determination of aflatoxin B₁(AFB₁) in olive oil were tested and compared. In method A the oil sample was mixed with methanol + water (60 + 40), extracted with hexane and then with chloroform. Chloroform was evaporated and the residue was dissolved with dichloromethane which was then transferred for clean-up onto a silica 'Sep-Pak' cartridge. The cartridge was pre-washed with hexane, ethyl ether and dichloromethane. AFB₁ was eluted with chloroform + acetone (9 + 1) and evaporated to dryness. In method B, the oil sample was mixed with methanol + water (80 + 20), shaken and centrifuged. The supernatant was diluted 1:10 with water and 10ml of the diluted mixture transferred to an 'Aflaprep' immunoaffinity column for the clean-up step. AFB₁ was eluted with acetonitrile and evaporated to dryness. AFB₁ from both methods was derivatized to its hemiacetal (AFB_2a ) and then quantitated by HPLC using a C₁₈ (60 A 4.6 x 250 mm) column with fluorescence detection. Both methods are simple, reliable and efficient, but method A showed a lower detection limit (2.8 ng/kg) than method B (56 ng/kg). With a 95% confidence level there was no significant difference in recovery between the two methods, which was 87.2% for method A and 84.8% for method B. In addition, application of a two-tailed F-test to the variances within spiked samples at concentrations 1, 2, 5 and 10 mu g/kg separately showed that there was no significant difference in the precisions of the two methods. Fifty samples of olive oil of Greek origin produced between 1995 and 1998 were examined with both methods for the presence of AFB₁. When analysing the samples with method B, the presence of AFB₁ was not detected. The use of method A revealed the presence of AFB₁ in 72% of the samples. The range of contamination was generally found to be very low (2.8-15.7 ng/kg), however one sample was contaminated with 46.3 ng/kg.

Keywords: AFLATOXIN; IMMUNOAFFINITY; EXTRACTION

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-01-01

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