Abstract:
A quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe pre-treatment method (QuEChERS) was established to evaluate the risk of tetracycline residues in the muscle of
Channa argus. The Box-Behnken design (BBD) response surface optimization method was used to optimize the extraction and purification conditions. The samples were extracted with 10 mL acetonitrile (containing 1% formic acid) and 2 mL 0.1 mol/L Na
2EDTA-Mcllvaine buffer solution, and the extracts were purified by 150 mg primary secondary amine(PSA)and 200 mg C
18, and detected with Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The result showed that the calibration curve was linear in the range of 0.50~100 ng/mL, with high correlation coefficients (
r≥0.999). The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were 0.25~0.75 μg/kg and 0.84~2.00 μg/kg, respectively. The average recoveries of tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and doxycycline at three different spiked levels in the muscle of
Channa argus were 89.5%~118%, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 1.11%~8.88%. This method is simple, sensitive and accurate, and can be used for the rapid quantitative determination of tetracyclines in
Channa argus.