%0 Journal Article
%T Mycotoxins in cereals and pulses harvested in Latvia by nanoLC-Orbitrap MS.
%A Reinholds I
%A Jansons M
%A Fedorenko D
%A Pugajeva I
%A Zute S
%A Bartkiene E
%A Bartkevics V
%J Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill
%V 14
%N 2
%D Jun 2021
%M 33648416
%F 3.964
%R 10.1080/19393210.2021.1892204
%X Twenty-seven mycotoxins in unprocessed cereals (n = 110) and pulses (n = 23) harvested in Latvia were analysed by nanoflow liquid chromatography combined with Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry. One or more mycotoxins were found in 99% of the cereals and 78% of the pulses. Deoxynivalenol, zearalenone and T-2 and HT-2 toxins were prevalent in 9 to 86% of the cereals, mostly below their maximum levels as set by the European regulations. Non-regulated type A and B trichothecenes were prevalent in 5 to 87% of the cereals, at concentrations of 0.27-83 µg kg-1 and 1.7-4,781 µg kg-1, respectively. Quantification of emerging mycotoxins was also provided. Enniatins were detected in 94% of the cereals (3.5-2,073 µg kg-1) and 13% of the pulses (4.4-17 µg kg-1). Alternaria toxins were prevalent in 94% of the cereals at concentrations of 0.72-307 µg kg-1 and in 39% of the pulses at 0.69-10 µg kg-1.