Mass spectrometry-based strategy for direct detection and quantification of some mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys and Aspergillus spp. in indoor environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4211-4217

  Bloom, Erica ^a   Bal, Karol ^b   Nyman, Eva ^c   Must, Aime ^d   Larsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b State Research Institute   (Poland)

^c TEKOMO Byggnadskvalitet AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d AIMEX AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACTS; MYCOTOXINS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; WATER DAMAGE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

METABOLITES;

MYCOTOXIN; SATRATOXIN; SATRATOXIN G; SATRATOXIN H; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TRICHODERMIN; TRICHODERMOL; TRICHOTHECENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERRUCAROL DERIVATIVE;

FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOXIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STACHYBOTRYS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STACHYBOTRYS; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRICHODERMIN; TRICHOTHECENES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447558683     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00343-07     Document Type: Article

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