Molecularly imprinted polymers as a clean-up technique for T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin and patulin in complex food matrices

The general procedures to trace food contaminants consists of 3 steps: extraction, clean-up and a detection/quantification step. Regarding the first steps immunoaffinity columns exhibit excellent selectivity, but this technique has many disadvantages (expensive, not reusable, U+2026). The purpose of this project is to develop molecularly imprinted polymers applicable for T-2, HT-2 and patulin as an alternative for immunoaffinity columns.