Recent progress in determination of ochratoxin a in foods by chromatographic and mass spectrometry methods

Abstract

Ochratoxin A is a highly toxic mycotoxin and has posed great threat to human health. Due to its serious toxicity and wide contamination, great efforts have been made to develop reliable determination methods. In this review, analytical methods are comprehensively summarized in terms of sample preparation strategy and instrumental analysis. Detailed method is described according to the food commodities in the order of cereal, wine, coffee, beer, cocoa, dried fruit and spice. This review mainly focuses on the recent advances, especially reported in the last decade. At last, challenges and perspectives are also discussed to achieve better advancement and promote practical application in this field.

Keywords:

• ochratoxin A
• sample preparation
• analytical methods
• food safety

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The authors have declared no conflict of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2019YFC1604801 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 21804123.