Liquid chromatography/fluorescence method for emamectin B1a and desmethylamino-emamectin B1a residues in lobster tissue.
A liquid chromatography (LC)/fluorescence procedure was validated for emamectin (EM B1a) and desmethylamino-emamectin (DMAEM B1a) residues in lobster tissue. They were extracted by shaking and sonicating with 1% ammonium acetate-methanol in the presence of sand. The extract was concentrated, partitioned with ethyl acetate, and cleaned up on a propylsulfonic cation exchange cartridge. The analytes were eluted from the cartridge with 5% ammonium hydroxide-methyl acetate, the eluate was concentrated, and the solvent was changed to dry 20% ethyl acetate-acetonitrile before derivatization with trifluoroacetic anhydride-N-methylimidizole. The products were analyzed by LC-fluorescence, and no interference [>limit of detection (LOD)] was detected in the control samples. Lobster tissues fortified with EM B1a and DMAEM B1a at 0.5, 5, 10, 25, and 50 ng/g gave overall mean recoveries of 96.7 +/- 12.4%, relative standard deviation (RSD) = 12.8% for EM B1 and 83.6 +/- 12.1%, RSD = 14.5% for DMAEM B1a. Regression analysis of the calibration data gave slopes of 0.90 (EM B1a) and 0.71 (DMAEM B1a) with an r2 = 0.99 for both compounds. The calculated LOD and limit of quantification (LOQ) for EM B1a were 1.10 and 3.32 ng/g, respectively, and for DMAEM B1a were 0.762 and 2.31 ng/g, respectively. Residues of EM B1a and DMAEM B1a in fortified lobster tissues stored at -20 degrees C showed that residues were stable for 10-12 months. No loss of EM B1a and DMAEM B1a residues was observed after 3 freeze/thaw cycles of fortified tissue in a 5-day period.
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Ronald
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ETL/Xenos Laboratories, 13-210 Colonnade Rd, Nepean, ON K2E 7L5, Canada. RoyGreenhalgh@sympatico.ca
Gillan
Niall
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Crouch
Louis
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Greenhalgh
Roy
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D000818:Animals; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D004350:Drug Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D008121:Nephropidae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012996:Solutions
D004187:Disaccharides; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012996:Solutions; C516854:desmethylamino-emamectin B1a; D007559:Ivermectin; C108024:emamectin benzoate