A highly sensitive gas chromatographic determination of levamisole in milk

Autor: Wagner, R., Schenck, F. J., Podhorniak, L. V.
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Zdroj: Food Additives & Contaminants; Aug/Oct1997, Vol. 14 Issue 6/7, p411, 0p
Abstrakt: An efficient extraction and sensitive gas chromatographic method is described for the determination of the anthelminthic drug levamisole in milk. Levamisole was extracted from alkaine milk with ethyl acetate. Clean-up of the extract was by a series of liquid-liquid extraction steps. Levamisole residues in the extract were determined by gas chromatography with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector. This method was satisfactory for determining levamisole residues in milk as low as 0.5 ng/g. Mean recoveries of 0.5--10.0 ng/g fortified milk samples ranged from 84.5 to 95.2%. Five replicate analyses performed on a milk containing incurred levamisole residues yielded a mean of 3.34 ng/g levamisole with a CV of 3.0%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index