BSA-based sample clean-up columns for ochratoxin A determination in wine: method development and validation

• Autor(a) principal: Leal, Tânia
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Abrunhosa, Luís, Domingues, Lucília, Venâncio, Armando, Oliveira, Carla
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60971
• topic: Ochratoxin A; bovine serum albumin; solid-phase extraction; wine analysis; method validation; Science & Technology

Analytical chromatographic techniques for mycotoxins control are well established, but they often depend on costly immunoaffinity sample clean-up. Serum albumins, particularly that from bovine origin (BSA), have stable binding affinity towards some mycotoxins, and can be cheaper alternative receptors for sample clean-up due to their wide availability. Thus, this work used BSA immobilized in agarose beads as a novel solid-phase extraction method for quantification of ochratoxin A (OTA) in wine. Constructed BSA-agarose columns could extract OTA efficiently from red wine after its dilution (4-fold) in 0.1 M Tris pH 8.0. The method was linear (R2=0.9999) in the OTA concentration range studied (0.05 to 3.0 g L-1), with recovery rates above 98%. It also showed low detection (0.017 g L-1) and quantification (0.051 g L-1) limits. The efficacy of the BSA-based method was further validated by direct comparison with commercial immunoaffinity columns. Portuguese wines analyzed by both methods had agreeing results.