Quantification of the emetic toxin cereulide in food products by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using synthetic cereulide as a standard

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7466-7472

  Biesta Peters, Elisabeth G ^a   Reij, Martine W ^a   Blaauw, Richard H ^b   In't Veld, Paul H ^c   Rajkovic, Andreja ^d   Ehling Schulz, Monika ^e,f   Abee, Tjakko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHIRALIX B V   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS EXTRACTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CELL ASSAYS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EMETIC TOXINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FOOD SAMPLES; HIGH YIELD; LC-MS METHODS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECOVERY RATE; SPERM MOTILITY; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

ACETONITRILE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTASSIUM; STANDARDS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CEREULIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; EMETIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; POTASSIUM; SPERM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARD; SWINE; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DEPSIPEPTIDES; EMETICS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78649701686     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01659-10     Document Type: Article

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