Control of the illegal use of clenbuterol in bovine production.
This study is based on a plan of collecting different matrices (hair, eye, muscle, liver and kidney) in order to define a strategy for the control of the illegal use of clenbuterol in bovine production. Of all matrices utilised, hair is recommended for the analytical control of clenbuterol in living animals, due to its being permanently available and easy to collect. The eye, or rather the retina, is the matrix which gives the most trustworthy result, after the animal slaughter, and the one that best helps in the determination of the illegal use of clenbuterol in a perspective of gradual food safety improvement.
Cristino
Assunção
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INFARMED-DOCQ (Farmacotecnia e Biofarmácia), Parque de Saúde de Lisboa, Avenida do Brasil 53, 1749-004 Lisbon, Portugal.
Ramos
Fernando
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da Silveira
Maria Irene Noronha
MI
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002976:Clenbuterol / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000502:physiology
D002976:Clenbuterol