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Original Articles

High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection for the determination of nitrofuran metabolites in pork muscle

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Pages 2114-2122 | Received 24 Mar 2013, Accepted 22 Sep 2013, Published online: 28 Nov 2013
 

Abstract

A simple and sensitive HPLC method with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) is reported for the simultaneous determination of metabolites of four nitrofuran drugs (furazolidone, furaltadone, nitrofurantoin and nitrofurazone) in pork muscle. The method involves acid hydrolysis of the protein-bound drug metabolites and the conjugation of the released side-chains with a novel fluorescence agent 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde. After liquid–liquid extraction and effective separation of the derivatives on a YMC-Pack Polymer C18 column at 40°C under alkaline conditions, the high fluorescence intensity of these derivatives at emission wavelength λem = 463 nm enables their simultaneous determination in pork muscle at concentrations as low as 1 µg kg−1. The method was validated using blank pork muscle fortified with all four metabolites at 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 µg kg−1. Recoveries were > 92.3% with RSDs < 8.5% for all four metabolites. The results obtained with HPLC-FLD and LC-MS/MS methods showed very good agreement for pork muscle samples.

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