Chinese Journal of Chromatography ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 1062-1067.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2017.06029

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Determination of imidazoles and their metabolites in pork by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

YANG Wanghuo, WU Shaoming, CAI Xiaoming, FENG Lifeng, CHEN Yankai, LI Yanping, LIANG Min   

  1. National Quality Supervision and Testing Center for Processed Food, Fujian Inspection and Research Institute for Product Quality, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • Received:2017-06-28 Online:2017-10-08 Published:2017-10-18

Abstract:

A method for the determination of 29 imidazoles and their metabolites in pork by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry has been developed. The samples were extracted with ethyl acetate, and then defatted with n-hexane after concentration of the extracts. The analytes were separated on a C18 reversed-phase column with 0.3% (v/v) formic acid aqueous solution and acetonitrile as mobile phases, and finally analyzed using electrospray ionization in positive ion mode (ESI+) with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The linear ranges of the 29 compounds were from 0.05 to 20.0 μg/L with the correlation coefficients (r2) more than 0.99. The average recoveries and relative standard deviations were 65.4%-103% and 1.3%-6.8% respectively in the spiked ranges of 1.0-5.0 μg/kg. The limits of detection and the limits of quantification were 0.02-0.3 μg/kg and 0.1-1 μg/kg respectively for the 29 imidazoles. The method is simple, rapid and sensitive. It is suitable for the detection of imidazoles and their metabolites in pork.

Key words: imidazoles, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), pork, residue

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