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Original Articles

Development of a polyclonal indirect ELISA with sub-ng g−1 sensitivity for the analysis of clenbuterol in milk, animal feed, and liver samples and a small survey of residues in retail animal products

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Pages 1153-1161 | Received 22 Jul 2008, Accepted 18 Mar 2009, Published online: 20 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

An indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with sub-ng g−1 sensitivity for clenbuterol was developed. The antisera obtained from four immunized rabbits were characterized in terms of sensitivity and specificity. All four antisera displayed high sensitivity with IC50 and limit of detection (LOD) values lower than 0.9 and 0.03 ng ml−1, respectively. The most sensitive ELISA was established with IC50 and LOD values of 0.1–0.3 and 0.01–0.02 ng ml−1, respectively, which are more than ten times lower than those reported in the literature. The cross-reactivity (CR) values of the four antisera with salbutamol, another frequently used β-agonist of similar molecular structure to clenbuterol, were estimated to be within 25–46%. No binding (CR < 0.01%) of nine other drugs which are frequently used in animal feeds was observed. The superior ELISA at optimal assay conditions was used for the analysis of five clenbuterol-fortified samples and the results were confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Acceptable recovery rates of 92.2–97.0% and intra-assay coefficients of variation of 1.3–5.3% were obtained. The proposed ELISA was highly correlated with HPLC (R 2= 0.9893, n = 5). Another sixteen samples were randomly collected from local markets and analysed by ELISA. The highest clenbuterol residues found in milk, feed, swine and chicken livers were 5.33, 64.04, 2.28 and 0.74 ng g−1, respectively.

Acknowledgement

The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Contract Number 20675054) and the Promotion Program Foundation of Sichuan University of China (Contract Number 0082204127090) for financial support of this study.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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