Mycotoxin Cleanup Solutions from LCTech
The high toxicity and carcinogenicity of mycotoxins and their ability to incur various pathological symptoms generate the necessity of food and feed monitoring, which is associated with a demand for reliable analytical methods. Because the highest acceptable limits for the health-impacting and dangerous mycotoxins are regulated by law, their determination in food and feed is important in analytical and official control laboratories. Food and feed analysis for mycotoxins is a multistage process composed of sampling selection, sample preparation, analysis and quantification of mycotoxins. (FAO Codex Alimentarius, REP23/CF16; 2023). Mycotoxins are regulated in most countries according to international and national food safety regulation to protect human and animal health from exceeded exposure to mycotoxins (EU 2023/915; EU2024/1022; EU2024/1038).
Mycotoxins are resilient and can persist through various food processing methods, including cooking and freezing. Daily uptake by food could lead to bioaccumulation and risk of chronic diseases associated with mycotoxins could increase. Their stability makes them difficult to eliminate once they contaminate crops or products. The detoxification procedures reduce product quality and is only used in animal feeding stuff.
At LCTech, we are dedicated to advancing mycotoxin analysis through innovative products designed for efficient and reliable clean-up. Our range of solutions provides all tools, ensuring that laboratories and industries can effectively address mycotoxin contamination to keep food safety on high level and perform fast analysis and quantification.
For laboratories that require reproducible, high-precision mycotoxin clean-up, ThermELUTE Light is the ideal solution. In combination with SMART immune affinity cartridges accelerated, reproducible cleanup and analysis could be achieved. It is ideal for mycotoxin analysis in various food and feed samples due to its offline thermal elution process, to achieve high analytical sensitivity and eco-friendly operation without harmful solvents.
ThermELUTE Light + SMART cartridges faciliates sample preparation in less than 20 minutes and thanks to its water-based elution, you will be able to obtain samples with improved sensitivity -ready to inject. Thanks to their super compatibility with SMART columns, reduced volumes lead to less reagent usage, making analysis more sustainable, which facilitates linear minimization of all individual clean-up process steps, achieving the same throughput with reduced volumes - saving time and money!
Our immunoaffinity columns, such as AflaCLEAN™ SMART, are engineered for the selective purification of specific mycotoxins, including aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2. These compact columns, measuring just 3 cm, significantly reduce solvent usage and processing time, enabling a complete clean-up in under 10 minutes. Their high specificity and capacity make them ideal for a wide range of matrices, from baby food to animal feed.
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