PMID- 32886793 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210713 LR - 20210905 IS - 1945-2403 (Electronic) IS - 0146-4760 (Print) IS - 0146-4760 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Jul 10 TI - Development of an Analytical Method for Quantitation of Deoxynivalenol by UPLC-MS-MS: A Preliminary Assessment of Gestational and Lactational Transfer in Rats. PG - 566-572 LID - 10.1093/jat/bkaa119 [doi] AB - Deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most widely distributed trichothecene mycotoxin in grain-based foods and animal feed. Exposure to DON is widespread as it has been detected in food sources from around the world. The objective of this work was to develop a method to quantitate DON in biological matrices and apply it in a preliminary assessment of gestational and lactational transfer of DON following exposure of pregnant rats. The method used protein precipitation followed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The method was evaluated in male Sprague Dawley rat plasma over the concentration range approximately 2-1,000 ng/mL. The method was linear (r >/= 0.99), accurate (mean relative error