One-step assisted extraction of patulin—a new LC-MS/MS method for testing apples and apple products
Adrian Olszewski, Grażyna Chwatko · 2026
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Adrian Olszewski and Grażyna Chwatko present a simpler test for patulin, a fungal toxin found in apples, in a 2026 paper. Patulin forms in moldy fruit and can pass into juice and baby food, so labs must check for it with care. Older methods take many steps to pull the toxin out.
Their method extracts the toxin in one step with a common solvent, with more than 90 percent recovered. The extract is dried, redissolved, and read by a sensitive mass-based instrument. Spiked samples in two labs matched set target values well. When the team ran foods bought at Polish markets, none held detectable patulin. The authors offer the method as a fast, reliable screen for food safety labs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adrian Olszewski, Grażyna Chwatko |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54329 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |