Abstract
A simple and rapid analytical method has been developed for the determination of trichothecin (TCN) in agricultural products by gas chromatography (GC) equipped with an electron capture detector (ECD). TCN was extracted from them with aqueous acetonitrile and purified by a two-step chromatographic procedure using C18 cartridge and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) columns, quantified by capillary GC-ECD. The recoveries of TCN spiked to agricultural products were above 80%. The minimum detectable concentration of TCN was 0.1 μg/g.
