Plant Toxins Testing

Plant Toxins Testing

Enhance operational efficiency in plant toxins testing workflows while mitigating the risk of contamination within the food supply chain using Waters versatile UPLC-MS/MS solutions. Gain confidence in your analytical detections and results while remaining adaptable and compliant within the developing regulatory framework for plant and emerging toxins.

Enhance operational efficiency in plant toxins testing workflows while mitigating the risk of contamination within the food supply chain using Waters versatile UPLC-MS/MS solutions. Gain confidence in your analytical detections and results while remaining adaptable and compliant within the developing regulatory framework for plant and emerging toxins.

Overview

Plant toxins are naturally occurring phytochemicals or secondary metabolites formed by plants to protect themselves against bacteria, fungi, insects, and predators. If unintentionally introduced into the food supply chain at harvest, these diverse groups of toxins may pose a risk to consumer health in final products. Rigorous analytical testing across the food supply chain using UPLC-MS/MS methods can inform on their occurrence and mitigate the potential risk of contamination in final foodstuffs and feed.

Maximize operational efficiency with high performance MS technologies, customizable informatics, and expert support while maintaining your food testing regulatory requirements with innovative solutions from Waters. Waters plant toxins testing solutions help you confidently determine their presence in different commodities, from field to final product.

Applications

Entering the food chain during harvesting, the family of pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) compounds exhibit genotoxic and carcinogenic properties, resulting in new regulations and need for continued monitoring. To meet demands, food and feed testing laboratories require reliable, sensitive, and selective chromatographic and mass spectrometry methods. Discover the capabilities Waters solutions can offer your laboratory in meeting demanding separation and quantitation.

Entering the food chain during harvesting, the family of pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) compounds exhibit genotoxic and carcinogenic properties, resulting in new regulations and need for continued monitoring. To meet demands, food and feed testing laboratories require reliable, sensitive, and selective chromatographic and mass spectrometry methods. Discover the capabilities Waters solutions can offer your laboratory in meeting demanding separation and quantitation.

Application Notes

With more than 200 tropane alkaloid compounds known to occur naturally in plants, such as deadly nightshade, many food and feed testing laboratories count on reliable quantitative UPLC-MS/MS methods to understand occurrence. Learn how Waters analytical solutions can maximize efficiencies when analyzing regulated and emerging toxins.

With more than 200 tropane alkaloid compounds known to occur naturally in plants, such as deadly nightshade, many food and feed testing laboratories count on reliable quantitative UPLC-MS/MS methods to understand occurrence. Learn how Waters analytical solutions can maximize efficiencies when analyzing regulated and emerging toxins.

Application Notes

Ergot alkaloids, a class of mycotoxins, can infect crops and enter the food and feed chain during harvest. Given the varying toxicity of these alkaloids and their epimer forms, reliable and sensitive quantitative methods are required by testing laboratories to understand consumer risk and comply with ever more stringent regulations.

Ergot alkaloids, a class of mycotoxins, can infect crops and enter the food and feed chain during harvest. Given the varying toxicity of these alkaloids and their epimer forms, reliable and sensitive quantitative methods are required by testing laboratories to understand consumer risk and comply with ever more stringent regulations.

Application Notes

Whether screening samples, conducting elucidation, or understanding metabolism pathways of plant toxins, mass spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatography and its powerful software capabilities plays a vital role. Discover how high-resolution solutions based on accurate mass and ion mobility can enhance your analyses.

Whether screening samples, conducting elucidation, or understanding metabolism pathways of plant toxins, mass spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatography and its powerful software capabilities plays a vital role. Discover how high-resolution solutions based on accurate mass and ion mobility can enhance your analyses.

Application Notes

Article: Ergot Alkaloids: Comparison of Extraction Efficiencies for Their Monitoring in Several Cereal-solvent Combinations by UPLC-MS/MS

More than 80 ergot alkaloids have been identified to date. As toxins, ergot alkaloids can cause significant toxic effects on human health, commonly infecting cereal crops including rye, wheat, barley, and oats. This article examines the benefits of a validated UPLC-MS/MS method for five different cereal production chains (rye, oat, wheat, wheat gluten and baby food), resulting in a short chromatographic run and accurate results.

More than 80 ergot alkaloids have been identified to date. As toxins, ergot alkaloids can cause significant toxic effects on human health, commonly infecting cereal crops including rye, wheat, barley, and oats. This article examines the benefits of a validated UPLC-MS/MS method for five different cereal production chains (rye, oat, wheat, wheat gluten and baby food), resulting in a short chromatographic run and accurate results.
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Bags of different cereal grains

Solutions

Waters advanced systems offer absolute performance for plant toxins testing.

Waters advanced systems offer absolute performance for plant toxins testing.

High performance from a compact design with rapid and reliable quantitative data

High performance from a compact design with rapid and reliable quantitative data
Xevo TQ-S micro Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Obtain exceptional analytical flexibility and required sensitivity with the Xevo TQ-S micro that delivers high quality analytical performance injection after injection, yielding the best performance per square inch of instrument.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids

Absolute power to reliably quantitate in the most challenging matrices

Absolute power to reliably quantitate in the most challenging matrices
Xevo TQ Absolute Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Benefit from absolute sensitivity by streamlining sample preparation steps to achieve improved productivity while maintaining method performance all on our compact, sustainable Xevo TQ Absolute Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids

Complete coverage for confident characterization

Complete coverage for confident characterization
Xevo G3 QTof

Maximize sample information for your analytes from detailed characterization to accurate quantitation with the Xevo G3 QTof, which enables complete confidence in your analytical data.

  • Accurate Mass Screening

Resolving challenges in your discovery workflows

Resolving challenges in your discovery workflows
SYNAPT XS

Combine ion mobility separation with accurate mass high resolution detection with the Synapt XS to maximize flexibility in your screening, elucidation, and metabolism workflows for plant toxins and their isomeric species.

  • Accurate Mass Screening

The next evolution in separation science is here

The next evolution in separation science is here
ACQUITY Premier System

Minimize metal-sensitive analyte loss and improve recovery with the ACQUITY Premier System to maximize the sensitivity, repeatability, and robustness of your LC-MS applications.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids
  • Accurate Mass Screening

Waters software streamlines data acquisition, processing, and reporting plant toxins testing results.

Waters software streamlines data acquisition, processing, and reporting plant toxins testing results.

Focus on results not data handling- the future of streamlined quantitative analysis is here

Focus on results not data handling- the future of streamlined quantitative analysis is here
waters_connect for Quantitation

Accelerate your workflows to review large datasets quickly, consistently, and reliably, while speeding up and enhancing your method development process, with waters_connect for Quantitation. Discover what benefits this mass spectrometry software can offer your quantitative workflows.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids

Reduce complexity and increase speed to results

Reduce complexity and increase speed to results
waters_connect for Small Molecule Workflows

Increase speed to results in your elucidation workflows using waters_connect for Small Molecule Workflows, with versatile qualitative and quantitative analyses through the UNIFI application that save you time.

  • Accurate Mass Screening

Quality and reliable consumables to support your plant toxins testing results.

Quality and reliable consumables to support your plant toxins testing results.

Increase speed, sensitivity, and resolution, without compromising data integrity

Increase speed, sensitivity, and resolution, without compromising data integrity
ACQUITY UPLC Columns

Increase sample throughput, achieve unmatched resolution, and improve analyte sensitivity with Waters ACQUITY UPLC Columns that substantially reduce your analysis time and cost-per-sample.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids
  • Accurate Mass Screening

Quickly and reliably extract and clean up your samples

Quickly and reliably extract and clean up your samples
DisQuE, QuEChERS Sample Preparation Products

Waters QuEChERS kits for dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE) analysis make sample prep quick and easy for your multi-residue food and agricultural analysis.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids

Faster, cleaner, and simpler SPE starts here

Faster, cleaner, and simpler SPE starts here
Oasis Sample Extraction Products

Oasis Solid Phase Extraction products offer unmatched consistency and quality in the clean-up of your diverse and complex sample types. Discover the efficiency and confidence Oasis mixed mode ion exchange products can bring to your analytical workflow.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Your success is just a click away

Your success is just a click away
Waters Global Services

Optimize your laboratory's productivity and success with Waters Global Services. Maintain peak system performance, minimize downtime, address application challenges, and support stringent compliance requirements.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids
  • Accurate Mass Screening

Make science more accessible with Waters Capital

Make science more accessible with Waters Capital
Payment Solutions

Maximize your lab resources and minimize risk with payment options from Waters Capital, which includes innovative solutions to upgrade aging instruments, customized support, and flexible options to bundle your complete laboratory solution in one easy monthly payment – everything you need to advance your science.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Tropane Alkaloids
  • Ergot Alkaloids
  • Accurate Mass Screening

The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
Full scan MS data acquired for solvent blank (green) and SPE cleaned-up (orange) and crude (purple) extracts of rooibos tea, showing an evident decrease in background noise for the cleaned-up extract, thus improving data quality and system uptime.
Baseline resolved chromatographic peaks for pyrrolizidine alkaloid isomers and critical pairs, with ion of (a) [C18H23NO6+H]+ m/z 350.2>94.0; (b) [C20H31NO7+H]+ m/z 398.2>120.0; (c) [C18H25NO5+H]+ m/z 336.2>120.1; (d) [C18H23NO5+H]+ m/z 334.2>94.0.
Chromatograms of the tested mycotoxins and tropane alkaloids in two different spiked cereal samples. Each peak is characterized by a quantifier and a qualifier ion trace.
Example of waters_connect for Quantitation compound optimization tool, showing the mass spectrum for echimidine as a function of collision energy, table with the first four optimized product ions sorted by relative intensity and interactive collision energy plot for the selected product ion, all simplifying analyte optimization when extending the analytical scope of your method.

Resources

  • Application Notebook

Mycotoxins and Other Natural Toxins Testing

Mycotoxins and Other Natural Toxins Testing
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  • Case Study

Waters Food Testing Forum 2022: Panel Discussion on Multi-toxin Methods, Using Multi-Toxin Methods: A Comprehensive View

Waters Food Testing Forum 2022: Panel Discussion on Multi-toxin Methods, Using Multi-Toxin Methods: A Comprehensive View
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  • eBook

An Overview of Testing for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Food Using LC-MS/MS

An Overview of Testing for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Food Using LC-MS/MS
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