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Extraction of Mycotoxins from Aqueous Solutions Using Functionalized Polyelectrolyte-Coated Microparticles

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This work targets the development of a new technology for extraction of mycotoxins for possible applications in agriculture, food industry, environmental control, security, and medicine. For this purpose, MnCO3 microparticles were coated consecutively with layers of polystyrene sulfonate sodium salt and polyallylamine hydrochloride and then functionalized with antibodies specific to either zearalenone (ZON) or aflatoxin (AFT). The microparticles obtained were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy. The mycotoxin extraction was monitored by UV–visible absorption spectra measurements performed on aqueous solutions spiked with ZON and AFT before and after treatment with functionalized microparticles.

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This work was supported by Collaborative NATO Linkage grant (CBR.NUKR.CLG-983381).

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  1. Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK

    A. V. Nabok, M. K. Mustafa & R. Al-Ammar

  2. IPCF-CNR and Department of Physics, University of Parma, Parma, 43100, Italy

    V. Erokhin & S. Erokhina

  3. Central Environmental and Food Science Research Institute, Budapest, 1022, Hungary

    A. Szekacs

  4. Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia

    M. K. Mustafa

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Nabok, A.V., Erokhin, V., Erokhina, S. et al. Extraction of Mycotoxins from Aqueous Solutions Using Functionalized Polyelectrolyte-Coated Microparticles. BioNanoSci. 3, 79–84 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-013-0075-8

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