A new method for measuring the content of mycotoxins has been introduced into the work of the laboratory of the Stavropol Russian Agricultural Center

Increasing requirements for the quality of crop production necessitate the development and application of modern methods for monitoring the safety of agricultural products.
Mycotoxins are biological contaminants - natural pollutants, microscopic molds of cereal grains, legumes, sunflower seeds.
An urgent task is the reliable determination of mycotoxins in products. As a confirmatory method, the method of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is widely used.
The enzyme immunoassay method is based on measuring the content of mycotoxins in samples using indirect solid-phase competitive ELISA of working solutions of extracts.
Indirect ELISA is based on the ability of mycotoxins to interact with specific antibodies in competition with the mycotoxin protein conjugate deposited on the surface of the plate cells - a solid-phase antigen.
The analytical signal (recorded value of optical density), which measures the degree of interaction between AT and AG, is inversely proportional to the mass concentration of mycotoxin in the working solution.
The branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosselkhoztsentr in the Stavropol Territory equipped the toxicological laboratory with equipment for conducting ELISA.
Start-up and adjustment works have been carried out and the introduction of a new, modern method into the work of the laboratory continues.
The use of ELISA for the detection of mycotoxins will allow you to quickly and reliably determine mycotoxins in crop products.