Detection of masked mycotoxins derived from type A trichothecenes in corn by high-resolution LC-Orbitrap mass spectrometer

Abstract

Masked mycotoxins (mycotoxin glucosides) derived from type A trichothecenes were detected in commercially available corn powder reference material. These new glucosides were identified as neosolaniol-glucoside (NESGlc) and diacetoxyscirpenol-glucoside (DASGlc) on the basis of accurate mass measurements of characteristic ions and fragmentation patterns using high-resolution liquid chromatography–Orbitrap mass spectrometric (LC-Orbitrap MS) analysis. Although the absolute structure was not clarified, 3-OH glucosylation appeared to be the most probable when considering the structures of neosolaniol and diacetoxyscirpenol and the fragmentation profiles of these masked mycotoxins. Concomitant detection of deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside, the most well-known masked mycotoxin derived from the type B trichothecene, deoxynivalenol, in the identical material further supports this probability.

Keywords:

• LC-Orbitrap MS
• masked mycotoxin
• trichothecene
• Fusarium
• corn