title: Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of sulfamethazine in animal tissues using a methyl/trimethylsilyl derivative.
abstract: A method is described for the determination of sulfamethazine in swine tissues by GC-MS. Samples are extracted with chloroform-acetone, followed sequentially by two solid-phase clean-up steps using silica gel and SCX ion exchange. The extracts are then partitioned between sodium dihydrogenphosphate (0.1 mol l-1) and methyl tert-butyl ether, the organic phase is evaporated to dryness and the sulfamethazine subjected to a double derivatization via methylation and silylation and determined by GC-MS in the selected-ion monitoring mode. Quantification is achieved by measuring the ratio of the abundances of the M-65 (-HSO2) ions of the derivatives of sulfamethazine and the internal standard, [phenyl-13C6]sulfamethazine, at m/z 299 and 305, respectively. The presence of sulfamethazine can be confirmed using the abundance ratios of the ions of m/z 299, 300 (-SO2) and 349 (-CH3). Recovery values from muscle, kidney and liver spiked at 0.05, 0.2 and 0.4 ppm ranged from 86 to 114% with RSDs between 2.8 and 9.0%. The limit of detection for the assay is 0.01-0.02 ppm. The methyl/trimethylsilyl derivatives exhibited better chromatography than the commonly used N1-methyl derivatives; for the same conditions, the peak was sharper and tailing was significantly reduced.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cannavan
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Blanchflower
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000032:analysis*; D013552:Swine; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds; D013418:Sulfamethazine