A comparative study of the human urinary mycotoxin excretion patterns in Bangladesh, Germany, and Haiti using a rapid and sensitive LC-MS/MS approach

Mycotoxin Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 127-136

  Gerding, Johannes ^a   Ali, Nurshad ^b   Schwartzbord, Jeremy ^c   Cramer, Benedikt ^a   Brown, Dan L ^c   Degen, Gisela H ^b   Humpf, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Mass spectrometry; Mycotoxins; Urinary biomarker; Urine

Indexed keywords

14 O GLUCURONIC ACID; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AFLATOXIN M1; ALPHA ZEARALANONE; BETA ZERANOL; DEOXYNIVALENOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; DIHYDROCITRINONE; ENNIATIN; FUMONISIN B1; GLUCURONIC ACID; HT 2 TOXIN; HT 2 TOXIN 4 GLUCURONIDE; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; OCHRATOXIN ALPHA; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALANONE; ZEARALENONE; ZERANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABLE DAILY INTAKE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; URINE;

ZEA;

BANGLADESH; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HAITI; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84938980551     PISSN: 01787888     EISSN: 18671632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-015-0223-9     Document Type: Article

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