In-house validation of an ELISA method for screening of semicarbazide in eggs
Titel:
In-house validation of an ELISA method for screening of semicarbazide in eggs
Auteur:
Vass, Maria Diblikova, Iva Kok, Eloise Stastny, Kamil Frgalova, Karla Hruska, Karel Franek, Milan
Verschenen in:
Food additives and contaminants. Pt. A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
Paginering:
Jaargang 25 (2008) nr. 8 pagina's 930-936
Jaar:
2008-08
Inhoud:
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method is described for the semi-quantitative determination of semicarbazide (SEM), the marker residue for the banned nitrofuran drug, nitrofurazone, in chicken eggs. The sample homogenate is subjected to acid hydrolysis and derivatisation with o-nitrobenzaldehyde, followed by ethyl acetate/hexane extraction and detection by ELISA. The ELISA procedure has been validated using 0.3, 1.0 and 3 µg kg-1 of SEM in fortified samples. Detection capability (CCss) was based on the acceptance of 5% false compliant results for a given concentration level according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and was determined to be 0.3 µg kg-1 with a respective limit of detection of 0.13 µg kg-1. A validated LC-MS/MS method was used for the analysis of incurred egg samples and the results compared with ELISA. A good correlation between the results obtained from ELISA and LC-MS/MS within the concentration range 0.12-20.3 µg kg-1 was observed in samples collected from chickens fed with a medicated ration of nitrofurazone (r = 0.992, n = 14). Validated ELISA enabled reliable monitoring of SEM levels in eggs collected from incurred chickens over a 90-day period.