A Fast Quantitative Multi-analyte Method for Growth Promoters in Bovine Meat Using Bead-Disruption, 96-well SPE Clean-up and Narrow-Bore UHPLC-MS/MS Analysis

Frederike van Tricht*, Martien Essers, Maria Groot, Saskia Sterk, Marco Blokland, Leen van Ginkel

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A new method for detecting low levels of growth promoters in bovine meat was developed with the following goal: easy, fast and sensitive analysis of a wide range of compounds, with reduced consumption of chemicals and disposables. Several classes of growth promoters were included, i.e. resorcylic acid lactones (RALs) and steroids, the latter including corticosteroids and gestagens. For sample treatment, 0.5 g of homogenised bovine meat was simultaneously disrupted and extracted in a bead-ruptor machine. The organic extraction solvent was further processed by solid-phase extraction (SPE) clean-up using 96-Well Oasis® HLB Plates. Six SPE washing steps were applied to remove matrix compounds after which the growth promoters were eluted and analysed using UHPLC-MS/MS. To achieve lower detection levels and to reduce LC-solvent consumption, a narrow-bore column with an internal diameter of 1 mm was used, instead of the conventional 2.1 mm. During analysis, the mass spectrometer was operated in negative and positive ionisation mode (ion switching). The newly developed method was validated according to the Commission Decision 2002/657. The results demonstrate that the method meets the criteria as established in this Commission Decision. The precision of the method for exogenous steroids varies between 85 and 115%, the CCα for the compounds ranges from 0.1–0.9 μg kg−1 and the expanded measurement uncertainty was lower than 36%. Compared to our current in-house methods with analysis times of 2 days for a maximum of 24 samples, the new method offers improved sample throughput (96 samples in less than 24 h) and lower detection limits.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2206-2217
JournalFood Analytical Methods
Volume11
Issue number8
Early online date26 Feb 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2018

Keywords

  • 96-wells SPE
  • Bead-disruption
  • Bovine meat
  • Growth promoters
  • Multi-analyte analysis
  • UHPLC-MS/MS

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A Fast Quantitative Multi-analyte Method for Growth Promoters in Bovine Meat Using Bead-Disruption, 96-well SPE Clean-up and Narrow-Bore UHPLC-MS/MS Analysis'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this