title: Separating DDTs in edible animal fats using matrix solid-phase dispersion extraction with activated carbon filter, Toyobo-KF.
abstract: A technique is presented for the economical, routine, and quantitative analysis of contamination by dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethanes (DDTs) [pp'-DDT, pp'-dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene, and pp'-dichlorodiphenyl dichloreothane in beef tallow and chicken fat samples, based on their separation using matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) extraction with Toyobo-KF, an activated carbon fiber. Toyobo-KF is a newly applied MSPD sorbent, and it is followed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a photodiode array detector. The resulting analytical performance parameters [recoveries of spiked DDTs (0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 microg/g) > or = 81%, with relative standard deviations of < or = 8% (n = 5), and quantitation limits < or = 0.03 microg/g], with minimal handling and cost-efficiency, indicate that the present MSPD-HPLC method may be a useful tool for routine monitoring of DDT contamination in meat.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furusawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003634:DDT / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005223:Fats / Q000737:chemistry*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005223:Fats; D007306:Insecticides; D002244:Carbon; D003634:DDT