alkaloids in rye flour determined by solid phase cation-exchange and high pressure liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Food Additives and Contaminants, 2008, 25 (03) Ergot alkaloids (EAs) are mycotoxins which are undesirable contaminants of cereal products, particularly rye. A method was developed employing clean-up by cation-exchange solid phase extraction, separation by HPLC under alkaline conditions and fluorescence detection. It is capable of separating and quantifying both C8-isomers of ergocornine, a-ergocryptine, ergocristine, ergonovine, and ergotamine. The average recovery was 61±10 % with limits of detection from 0.2 to 1.1 µg kg-1. Therty-four unknown rye flour samples from Danish mills contained on average 46 µg kg-1 with a maximum content of 234 µg kg-1. The most common ergot alkaloids were ergotamine and a-ergocryptine including their C8-isomers. 54 % of the ergot alkaloids were detected as C(8)-S isomers.
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