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A selective biomarker for confirming nitrofurazone residues in crab and shrimp using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry (2015-10-03)
Shuai Zhang, Yuanming Guo, Zhongyong Yan, Xiumei Sun, Xiaojun Zhang
ABSTRACT

Reliably detecting nitrofurazone (NFZ) residues in farmed crab and shrimp was previously hindered by lack of appropriately specific analytical methodology. Parent NFZ rapidly breaks down in meat, and the commonly used side-chain metabolite, semicarbazide (SEM), is non-specific as it occurs naturally in crustacean shell often leading to 'false positive' detections in meat. Using 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde (NF) as marker metabolite, following pre-column derivatization with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH), ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) analysis in negative electrospray ionization mode enabled confirmation of NFZ residues in deliberately treated whole crab, crab meat and shrimp meat, with a limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) below 1 ng g(-1). Meanwhile, the derivatives of DNPH-NF were synthesized for the first time, purified by preparative liquid chromatography and structure characterized with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-NMR). The purity of derivative was checked by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tunable ultraviolet (UPLC-TUV), and the contents were beyond 99.9%. For comparison purposes, crustacean samples were analysed using both NF and SEM marker metabolites. NFZ treatment was revealed by both NF and SEM marker metabolites, but untreated crab also showed measurable levels of SEM which could potentially be misinterpreted as evidence of illegal NFZ use.

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