Valutazione del contenuto di patulina in prodotti per la prima infanzia a base di mela (Determination of patulin in apple-based infant foods).

Patulin in apple-based infant food was detd. by solvent extn. followed by solid phase extn. for sample clean up and reversed-phase HPLC on a Lichrospher 100 RP-18 column. Patulin was found in some samples, but below WHO tolerances (50 .mu.g/L). The highest content (4.96 .mu.g/L) was found in a sample of apple and banana sauce; the lowest (0.12 .mu.g/L) was found in apple juice. The limit of detection was 3.1 .mu.g/L.