Abstract
To determine residues of malachite green (MG) and its metabolite, leucomalachite green (LMG), in catfish tissue, analytes are extracted with acetonitrile-buffer and the extract is partitioned into methylene chloride. Final cleanup and isolation are performed on neutral alumina solid-phase extraction (SPE) and propylsulfonic acid cation-exchange SPE columns before analysis by liquid chromatography with visible detection. PbO2 postcolumn oxidation is performed by isocratic elution with a buffered mobile phase from a cyano column. Recoveries and relative standard deviations (RSDs) from fortified catfish tissues were 72.9% (RSD, 1.92%; 23 ppb), 75.5% (RSD, 6.85%; 11 ppb), and 69.6% (RSD, 6.93%; 5.7 ppb) for MG and 87.4% (RSD, 2.92%; 21 ppb), 88.1% (RSD, 5.94%; 10 ppb), and 82.6% (RSD, 11.5%; 5.3 ppb) for LMG. The method was applied to MG-incurred catfish at depuration times of 0, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h. Average levels of residual MG and LMG in the 24 h depuration catfish tissue were 73.4 and 289 ppb, respectively.
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