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Mass spectrometry-based strategy for direct detection and quantification of some mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys and Aspergillus spp. in indoor environments
Lund University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7893-6042
Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Poland.
TEOMO Byggnadskvalitet AB, Sweden.
AIMEX AB, Sweden.
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2007 (English)In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ISSN 0099-2240, E-ISSN 1098-5336, Vol. 73, no 13, p. 4211-4217Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Dampness in buildings has been linked to adverse health effects, but the specific causative agents are unknown. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by molds and toxic to higher vertebrates. In this study, mass spectrometry was used to demonstrate the presence of mycotoxins predominantly produced by Aspergillus spp. and Stachybotrys spp. in buildings with either ongoing dampness or a history of water damage. Verrucarol and trichodermol, hydrolysis products of macrocyclic trichothecenes (including satratoxins), and trichodermin, predominately produced by Stachybotrys chartarum, were analyzed by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, whereas sterigmatocystin (mainly produced by Aspergillus versicolor), satratoxin G, and satratoxin H were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. These mycotoxin analytes were demonstrated in 45 of 62 building material samples studied, in three of eight settled dust samples, and in five of eight cultures of airborne dust samples. This is the first report on the use of tandem mass spectrometry for demonstrating mycotoxins in dust settled on surfaces above floor level in damp buildings. The direct detection of the highly toxic sterigmatocystin and macrocyclic trichothecene mycotoxins in indoor environments is important due to their potential health impacts. 

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2007. Vol. 73, no 13, p. 4211-4217
Keywords [en]
Health impacts; Mycotoxins; Stachybotrys chartarum; Water damage, Gas chromatography; Hydrolysis; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry, Metabolites, mycotoxin; satratoxin; satratoxin g; satratoxin h; sterigmatocystin; trichodermin; trichodermol; trichothecene; unclassified drug; verrucarol derivative, fungus; gas chromatography; health impact; indoor air; mass spectrometry; secondary metabolite; toxin, ambient air; article; Aspergillus; aspergillus versicolor; dust; gas chromatography; high performance liquid chromatography; hydrolysis; mass spectrometry; metabolite; nonhuman; quantitative analysis; sampling; Stachybotrys; tandem mass spectrometry; toxin analysis, Air Pollution, Indoor; Aspergillus; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Construction Materials; Dust; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Mycotoxins; Reference Standards; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Stachybotrys; Sterigmatocystin; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Trichodermin; Trichothecenes, Aspergillus; Aspergillus versicolor; Stachybotrys; Stachybotrys chartarum; Vertebrata
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-67871DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00343-07Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-34447558683OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-67871DiVA, id: diva2:1813323
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