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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 637, Issue 1-2, Pages 196-207Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.10.072
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Anthelmintics; Flukicides; Residues; Food; Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; QuEChERS
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A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) multi-residue method for the simultaneous quantification and identification of 38 residues of the most widely used anthelmintic veterinary drugs (including benzimidazoles, macrocyclic lactones, and flukicides) in milk and liver has been developed and validated. For sample preparation, we used a simple modification of the QuEChERS method, which was initially developed for pesticide residue analysis. The method involved extracting sample (10 g) with acetonitrile (10mL), followed by phase separation from water (salting out) with MgSO4:NaCl (4:1, w/w). After centrifugation, an aliquot of the extract (1 mL) was purified by dispersive solid-phase extraction with MgSO4 (150 mg) and C-18 (50 mg), prior to LC-MS/MS analysis. Two injections of the same extract were required with the LC-MS/MS instrument to cover the 30 electrospray positive and 8 electrospray negative analytes. The limit of quantitation of the method was 5 mu g kg(-1) for 37 analytes (and 10 mu g kg(-1) for dichlorvos). The method was successfully validated according to the 2002/657/EC guidelines. Recovery of analytes was typically in the 70-120% range, with repeatabilities and reproducibilities typically <15% in milk and <20% in liver. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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