T-2 is a toxin produced by various Fusarium fungi that naturally occur in wheat and other cereal grains. Ten times more toxic than the potentially lethal contaminant deoxynivalenol (DON),T-2 attacks the immune system in livestock, causing serious health problems ranging from skin lesions and weight loss to shock and hemorrhagic fever. Researchers have also linked T-2 to the devastating human disease alimentary toxic aleukia (ATA). The mounting evidence on the deadly effects of T-2 exposure has raised concerns among food safety regulators and underscores the importance of test methods that can detect trace amounts of this toxin before it reaches consumers.

Using monoclonal antibody-based affinity chromatography, T-2test™HPLC is an HPLC-only test for the detection of T-2 using immunoaffinity columns. This fast, reliable test provides precise numerical results and can measure levels of T-2 as low as 5 ppb and as high as 1500 ppb.

An ideal cleanup step for any HPLC, T-2test HPLC has a long shelf life and provides precise numerical results in parts per billion levels. The preferred test of laboratories around the world, no other test comes close for speed, quantification, and specificity

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