Determination of Carbadox and Olaquindox Residues in Chicken Muscles, Chicken Liver, Bovine Meat, Liver and Milk by MLC with UV Detection: Application to Baby Formulae

摘要

A simple and sensitive method was optimized and validated for the analysis of carbadox and olaquindox residues in chicken muscles, chicken liver, bovine meat, liver and milk. Analytical separation was performed in less than 4 min using a C18 column with UV detection at 373 nm and a micellar solution of 0.1 M sodium dodecyl sulphate, 10 % acetonitrile and 0.3 % triethylamine in 0.02 M phosphoric acid buffered at pH 4 as the mobile phase. The method was fully validated in accordance with ICH guidelines. The micellar method was successfully applied to quantitatively determine carbadox and olaquindox residues in spiked chicken muscles, chicken liver, bovine meat, liver and milk. It was also extended to the determination of carbadox and olaquindox residues in baby formulae. The recoveries obtained were in the 89.2–93.6 and 93.0–107.2 % ranges for carbadox and olaquindox, respectively. High extraction efficiency for carbadox and olaquindox was obtained without matrix interference in the extraction process and in the subsequent chromatographic determination. No organic solvent was used during the pretreatment step.