Maria Ofitserova | Authors

Pickering Laboratories developed an easy and sensitive method to analyze aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, and ochratoxin A in hemp and hemp-containing edible products. Mycotoxins are isolated using immunoaffinity clean-up columns and analyzed with fluorescence detection. To increase sensitivity of aflatoxins B1 and G1, an in-line photochemical reactor (UVETM) is installed before the detector. This method utilizes standard HPLC equipment and allows laboratories to easily determine these mycotoxins at low ppb levels.

B vitamins are a group of water soluble vitamins that play an important role in cell metabolism. This group consists of a number of compounds including thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin and nicotinamide (vitamin B3), and pyridoxine and pyridoxal (vitamin B6).

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