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Determination of niclosamide and its two metabolites in fish by molecularly imprinted microsphere-based pseudo-ELISA

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Pages 1450-1458 | Received 10 Jul 2023, Accepted 28 Sep 2023, Published online: 11 Oct 2023
 

Abstract

Niclosamide is usually used for the treatment of parasite infections in animals. However, niclosamide and one of its metabolites 2-chloro-4-nitroaniline are mutagenic substances, and their residues in animal-derived foods are potential risks to consumers. As far as we know, there has been no immunoassay or pseudo immunoassay reported to determine niclosamide and its metabolites in animal-derived foods. In this study, a molecularly imprinted microsphere for niclosamide was first synthesized, and a streptavidin-horseradish peroxidase labelled conjugate was also synthesized. The two reagents were used to develop a pseudo enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on conventional microplates for the determination of niclosamide and its two metabolites (2-chloro-4-nitroaniline and 5-chlorosalicylic acid) in fish. Because biotinylated horseradish peroxidase was used to amplify the signal, the method sensitivities for the three analytes were increased fivefold to 27.5-fold (limits of detection of 0.004–0.03 ng/mL) in comparison with the use of single horseradish peroxidase labelled conjugate (limits of detection of 0.11–0.16 ng/mL). Their recoveries from the standards fortified blank fish samples were in the range of 70.6–95.5%. This is the first study reporting a molecularly imprinted polymer-based pseudo immunoassay for screening of niclosamide and its metabolites in food sample.

Authors’ contributions

Hao Zhe Hou and Ge Lin Liu: Methodology. Yan Su and Yao Jia Peng: Validation. Jian Ping Wang: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing.

Disclosure statement

All of the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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