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Survey of the enniatins and beauvericin in raw and UHT cow’s milk in Poland


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Fig. 1.

The chemical structures of enniatins A, A1, B, B1 and beauvericin
The chemical structures of enniatins A, A1, B, B1 and beauvericin

Fig. 2.

Locations of collections of the milk samples for analysis
Locations of collections of the milk samples for analysis

Fig. 3.

The LC-MS/MS chromatogram of a spiked milk sample of enniatins (ENNs) and beauvericin (BEA) at a concentration of LOQ level
The LC-MS/MS chromatogram of a spiked milk sample of enniatins (ENNs) and beauvericin (BEA) at a concentration of LOQ level

Fig. 4.

Concentrations of enniatin B (ENN B) and beauvericin (BEA) in raw milk
Concentrations of enniatin B (ENN B) and beauvericin (BEA) in raw milk

Fig. 5.

Concentrations of enniatin B (ENN B) and beauvericin (BEA) in UHT milk
Concentrations of enniatin B (ENN B) and beauvericin (BEA) in UHT milk

Optimised tandem mass spectrometry parameters

Analyte Retention time (min) Precursor ion (m/z) Ion species Product iona (m/z) C.E.b (V) Q1 pre bias (V) Q3 pre bias (V) Dwell time (ms)
Enniatin A 11.66 699.30 (M+H)+ 699.3/682.3 –18 –32 –36 16
699.3/210.2 –31 –32 –23
699.3/100.1 –55 –32 –21
Enniatin A1 11.44 685.30 (M+H)+ 685.3/668.3 –20 –32 –34 16
685.3/210.1 –29 –32 –23
685.3/100.1 –55 –32 –19
Enniatin B 11.04 657.30 (M+H)+ 657.3/640.3 –18 –30 –34 16
657.3/196.2 –32 –30 –21
657.3/86.1 –55 –30 –18
Enniatin B1 11.24 671.30 (M+H)+ 671.3/654.2 –18 –30 –34 16
671.3/196.1 –32 –30 –22
671.3/210.1 –29 –30 –23
Beauvericin 12.26 801.30 (M+NH4)+ 801/134 –55 –22 –27 33
801/244 –34 –22 –18
801/784 –20 –22 –30

Structural formula of enniatins (ENNs) and beauvericin (BEA)

Compound Side chain R1 Side chain R2 Side chain R3
BEA phenylmethyl phenylmethyl phenylmethyl
ENN A sec-butyl sec-butyl sec-butyl
ENN A1 sec-butyl iso-propyl sec-butyl
ENN B iso-propyl iso-propyl iso-propyl
ENN B1 iso-propyl sec-butyl iso-propyl

Validation results for the determination of enniatins and beavericin in fresh and UHT milk

Parameters Raw milk UHT milk
Working range 0.15–50 μg kg–1 0.15–50 μg kg–1
LOD (μg kg–1) ENN A 0.098 0.099
ENN A1 0.097 0.096
ENN B 0.098 0.098
ENN B1 0.088 0.089
BEA 0.095 0.095
LOQ (μg kg–1) ENN A 0.126 0.126
ENN A1 0.125 0.128
ENN B 0.128 0.124
ENN B1 0.129 0.130
BEA 0.101 0.099
Spiking level (μg kg–1 2.5 5.0 7.5 2.5 5.0 7.5
Recoveries (%) ENN A 93 83 84 98 72 77
ENN A1 81 91 88 99 78 76
ENN B 87 96 90 81 82 84
ENN B1 90 93 79 80 88 85
BEA 81 92 91 82 79 91
Repeatability (RSDr %)(n = 6) ENN A 5.2 3.4 3.7 5.2 3.4 3.7
ENN A1 6.8 5.8 4.3 4.4 3.6 4.9
ENN B 5.1 6.5 4.6 4.9 7.3 7.1
ENN B1 7.2 7.3 6.7 5.8 6.1 6.9
BEA 5.5 8.0 7.6 3.8 5.5 7.5
Within-lab reproducibility (RSDwR %) (n = 18) ENN A 10.1 14.8 11.9 13.5 7.8 16.9
ENN A1 12.4 17.5 16.9 11.9 15.8 6.9
ENN B 8.6 15.2 15.3 8.7 13.0 12.2
ENN B1 12.5 14.1 12.4 9.3 11.3 8.3
BEA 9.8 9.7 11.0 4.9 12.0 8.9
Uncertainty expanded (U(y)) (μg kg–1) ENN A uc(y) = = 0.55; k = 2, U(y) = 1.10 uc(y) = 1.10; k = 2, U(y) = 2.20
ENN A1 uc(y) = 0.66; k = 2, U(y) = 1.32 uc(y) = 0.78; k = 2, U(y) = 1.56
ENN B uc(y) = 0.50; k = 2, U(y) = 1.00 uc(y) = 0.47; k = 2, U(y) = 0.94
ENN B1 uc(y) = 0.53; k = 2, U(y) = 1.06 uc(y) = 0.60; k = 2, U(y) = 1.20
BEA uc(y) = 0.55; k = 2, U(y) = 1.10 uc(y) = 0.59; k = 2, U(y) = 1.18
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