TY - JOUR A1 - Siegel, David A1 - Merkel, Stefan A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Koch, Matthias A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - Degradation kinetics of the Alternaria mycotoxin tenuazonic acid in aqueous solutions JF - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry N2 - The degradation kinetics of the Alternaria mycotoxin tenuazonic acid (l-TA) in aqueous buffer were studied over a period of 4 months at different pH levels (3.5 and 7.0) and temperatures (4, 25 and 40°C). l-TA and its degradation products were quantified by newly developed high-performance liquid chromatography methods with UV or electrospray multistage mass spectrometry detection. At pH 3.5, significant degradation occurred at 25 and 40°C, the respective l-TA half-lives being 73.8±0.4 and 14.0±0.1 days. Two degradation processes, epimerization and hydrolysis, were evaluated kinetically. The hydrolytically formed iso-deacetyl TA (iso-DTA, epimeric mixture) was found to be the stable end product of l-TA degradation under the conditions of this study. This indicates that iso-DTA as well as the l-TA epimer u-TA are formed in aqueous beverage matrices. KW - Tenuazonic acid KW - Alternaria KW - Epimerization KW - Degradation KW - Kinetics PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-3288-5 SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 397 IS - 2 SP - 453 EP - 462 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-21373 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -