Journal
FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 704-712Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701243101
Keywords
imazalil; azole fungicide; monoclonal antibodies; immunoassay; ELISA; fruit juices
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A monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the quantification of imazalil [(RS)-1-(beta-allyloxy-2,4-dichlorophenylethyl)imidazole] in apple, tomato and orange juice samples. From an imazalil hapten, which mimics the analyte structure, several monoclonal antibodies were obtained. An ELISA in the conjugate-coated format was developed and optimized using the antibody showing the highest sensitivity. For standards, the detection limit of the ELISA was 0.2 nM (0.06 ng ml(-1)), with an 150 value of 1.6 nM (0.5 ng ml(-1)). The study of the influence of matrices on assay reliability indicated that the ELISA could determine imazalil in fruit juices at the low ng ml(-1) level simply by diluting the sample, without any clean-up or concentration step. Recovery and precision of the method were evaluated by spiking juice samples with imazalil in the 10-500 ng ml(-1) range. The mean recovery from fruit juices was 97% and the mean coefficient of variation was -20%. In addition to being precise and accurate, the method has proved to be simple and sensitive, with a quantification limit well below the maximum residue limits for imazalil in these matrices.
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