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Automated online solid-phase extraction of albendazole and its metabolites in Chinese mitten crabs followed by stable isotope dilution UPLC–MS/MS analysis

  • Qing Shen
  • , Wei Dong
  • , Yixuan Wang
  • , Zitong Zhu
  • , Like Gong
  • , Zhiyuan Dai
  • , Hong Zhang
  • , Hon-Yeung Cheung*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

    Abstract

    The determination of albendazole (ABZ) and its metabolites, albendazole sulfoxide, albendazole sulfone, and albendazole 2-aminosulfone in crab tissue is a complex analysis involving the extraction of trace levels of potentially unstable analytes from a solid matrix. Here, we report on an online solid-phase extraction (SPE) for automated trapping of ABZ and its metabolites in Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards (E. sinensis), followed by stable isotope dilution UPLC-MS/MS analysis. The performance of online SPE was fully validated. Good linearity was obtained with correlation coefficients >0. 99. In the analytical range, the intra-day and inter-day precision and accuracies (RSD %) were 1. 44-4. 62 and 3. 28-6. 93 %, respectively. The mean recoveries were in the range of 78. 2-109. 3 %. All these demonstrated that the online SPE is an excellent technique for trapping and purification of ABZ and its metabolites in crab tissue samples. Finally, this online SPE-UPLC-MS/MS strategy was successfully applied to analyze the crude extracts from several crab tissue samples. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)919-929
    JournalEuropean Food Research and Technology
    Volume236
    Issue number5
    Online published20 Mar 2013
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2013

    Research Keywords

    • Albendazole
    • Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards
    • Online solid-phase extraction
    • Stable isotope dilution
    • Ultra-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry

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