1、 Foreword Annex A, Annex B, Annex C, of is standard is informative annexes. This standard was proposed by and is under the charge of China National Regulatory Commission for Certification and Accreditation. The standard was drafted by Qin huangdao Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau o
2、f the People’s Republic of China. The main drafters of this standard are Liu xiaomang et al. This standard is a professional standard for entry-exit inspection and quarantine promulgated for the first time. Determination of valnemulin and tiamulin Residues in foodstuffs
3、 of animal origin for import and export —LC-MS-MS method 1 Scope This standard specifies the method of determination of valnemulin and tiamulin Residues in foodstuffs of animal origin for import and export. This standard is applicable to the determination of valnemulin and tiamulin Residues i
4、n animal muscle, animal liver, fish ,egg and milk. . 2 Normative reference The following normative documents contain provisions which,through reference in this text,constitute provisions of this standard. For dated references,subsequent amendments to,or revisions of.,any of these publications do
5、not apply. However protocol to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below.For undated references,the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. GB/T 6682 Water
6、for analytical laboratory use-Specification and test methods. 3 Principle Valnemulin and tiamulin residues in the samples are extracted with acetonitrile, and cleaned by MCX solid phase extraction. Determined by LC/MS-MS(ESI+), quantified by external standard method. 4 Regents and materials Unle
7、ss otherwise specified ,all regents used are A.R. and “water” is deionized water. 4.1 Methanol:HPLC grade. 4.2 Acetonitrile: HPLC grade. 4.3 Formic acid: guarantee reagent. 4.4 n-Hexane. 4.5 Ammonia: 25%. 4.6 Sodium chloride. 4.7 anhydrous sodium sulfate: Ignite for 4 h at 650℃, cool to room
8、 temperature in desiccator and keep in a tightly closed container. 4.8 Formic acid-water(1+19,V:V): 5ml Formic acid(4.3) mix with 95ml water. 4.9 Ammonia-Methanol(1+19,V:V): 5ml Ammonia(4.5) mix with 95ml Methanol(4.1). 4.10 Acetonitrile-water(1+3,V:V): 25ml Acetonitrile(4.2) mix with 75ml wate
9、r. 4.11 tandards: valnemulin, purity≥98%; tiamulin, purity≥98% 4.12 Valnemulin stock standard solutions(1.0mg/mL):Separately accurately weigh an adequate amount of valnemulin standards(4.11), dissolve in methanol and prepare a solution of 1.0mg/mL as the stock standard solutions. Solutions are sta
10、ble for a year at –18 ℃. 4.13 tiamulin stock standard solutions(1.0mg/mL):Separately accurately weigh an adequate amount of tiamulin standards(4.11), dissolve in methanol and prepare a solution of 1.0mg/mL as the stock standard solutions. Solutions are stable for a year at –18 ℃. 4.14 Working stan
11、dard solutions(1.0μg/ml): According to the requirement, pipette adequate amount of valnemulin stock standard solutions and tiamulin stock standard solutions, and dissolve in Acetonitrile-water(4.10) and prepare a solution of 1.0μg/mL. stored below 4℃ avoiding sunlight. 4.15 MCX solid phase extracti
12、on columns: 60mg, 3mL, or equivalent. 4.16 Membrane filter: 0.20μm. 5 Apparatus and equipment 5.1 LC-MS-MS: Equipped with ESI source. 5.2 Balance: 0.1mg and 0.01g sensitivity. 5.3 homogenizer:15 000r/min 5.4 shaker 5.5 Centrifuge:7 000r/min. 5.6 Rorary vacuum evaporator 5.7 Solid phase extr
13、action. 5.8 Vacuum pump: Vacuum to 80 kPa. 6 Sample preparation and storage 5.1 animal muscle, animal liver, fish All primary sample is reduced to 500g as the representative sample, which is blended and homogenized, and then divided into two equal portions. Each portion is placed in clean conta
14、iners as the test sample, which is sealed and labeled. The test sample should be stored below in -18℃ avoiding sunlight. In the course of sample preparation, precautions should be taken to avoid contamination or any factors which may cause the change of residue content. 5.2 egg All primary sample
15、is reduced to 500g as the representative sample, which is shelled and homogenized, and then divided into two equal portions. Each portion is placed in clean containers as the test sample, which is sealed and labeled. The test sample should be stored below in 4℃ avoiding sunlight. In the course of sa
16、mple preparation, precautions should be taken to avoid contamination or any factors which may cause the change of residue content. 5.3 milk All primary sample is reduced to 500g as the representative sample, which is homogenized, and then divided into two equal portions. Each portion is placed in
17、clean containers as the test sample, which is sealed and labeled. The test sample should be stored below in 4℃ avoiding sunlight. In the course of sample preparation, precautions should be taken to avoid contamination or any factors which may cause the change of residue content. 7 Procedure 7.
18、1 Extraction 7.1.1 animal tissue, animal liver, fish Weigh 2 g of test sample(accurate to 0.01 g) into a 50 mL plastic centrifuge tube, then add 5g anhydrous sodium sulfate(4.7) and 10 mL Acetonitrile into the centrifuge tube. Homogenize at 10 000 r/min for 2 min, then centrifuge at 4 000 r/min fo
19、r 10 min. transfer the supernatant to a 100mL evaporated flask. extract again with 10 mL Acetonitrile. Combine the supernatants, evaporate to dryness at 40℃. The residue was dissolved with 5mL Formic acid-water(4.8), then it is ready for cleaned-up. 7.1.2 egg and milk Weigh 5 g of test sample(accu
20、rate to 0.01 g) into a 50 mL plastic centrifuge tube, then add 2g Sodium chloride(4.6) and 10 mL Acetonitrile into the centrifuge tube. shake for 20 min, then centrifuge at 4 000 r/min for 10 min. Transfer 5mL supernatant to a evaporated flask, evaporate to dryness at 40℃. The residue was dissolved
21、with 5mL Formic acid-water(4.8), then it is ready for cleaned-up. 7.2 Clean up The MCX SPE cartridge(4.15) is conditioned with 3mL Ammonia-Methanol(4.9), 3mL methanol and 10 mL water in sequence. The above-mentioned extract solution is loaded, wash the cartridge with 3mL Formic acid-water(4.8), 3m
22、L methanol and 3mL n-Hexane, discard the effluent. Dry the column with vacuum pump(5.5)for 10 minutes under 65 kPa Vacuum. Finally elute with 5mL Ammonia-Methanol(4.9) into test tube. Evaporate the elute solution to dryness under nitrogen at 40℃. Add accurately 1mL acetonitrile-water(4.10) to dissol
23、ve the residue. Filter with 0.2μm syringe filter and determination with LC/MS-MS. 7.3 Determination 7.3.1 HPLC operation conditions a)Column: C18 1.7μm,50 mm×2.1 mm(i.d), or equivalent b)Column temperature:35℃; c)Injection volume:10μL; d)Mobile phase:A: Formic acid-H2O (1+999);B: Acetonitril
24、e. Mobile phase and Flow rate rate see table 1 Table 1 Mobile phase and Flow rate time/(min) Flow rate /(µL /min) A/% B /% 0.00 1.1.1.1 300 95 5 0.80 300 60 40 2.30 300 40 60 2.40 300 5 95 4.00 300 5 95 7.3.2 MS operation conditions a) Ion source :ESI, b) Scan mode:pos
25、itive mode c) Monitor mode: Multiple reaction monitoring(MRM); d) Other parameters are listed annex A. 7.3.3 LC-MS/MS determination 7.3.3.1 Qualitation determination The qualitative ions for analyst include one precursor ion and two product ions at least. Under the same determination conditio
26、ns, The ratio of the chromatographic retention time of the analyte to that of the external standard, i.e. the relative retention time of the analyte, shall correspond to that of the calibration solution at a tolerance of ± 2.5 %.The relative intensities of the detected ions of analyst, shall corresp
27、ond to those of the calibration standard at comparable concentrations ,within the tolerances shown in table2, then the corresponding analyte must be present in the sample. Table 2 Maximum permitted tolerances for relative ion intensities while confirmation Relative ion intensities K K>50% 20%<
28、K<50%
10% 29、of the analyte. Quantify the sample solution by standard working curve .The responses of the analyte in the standard working solution and the sample solution should be within the linear range of the instrument detection . Quantified by external standard method. The MRM chromatogram of valnemulin and 30、 tiamulin are shown in Fig.B.1of annex B.
7.4 Blank test
The operation of the blank test is the same as that described in the method of determination but
with the omission of sample addition.
7.5 Calculation and expression of result
Calculate the results according to formula ( 1):
……………………… 31、……… (1)
where
X- the content of compound in the test sample, µg/kg;
A- the peak area of compound derivative in the sample solution,
A0-the peak area of compound derivative in the blank test;
c-the concentration of compound in the mixed standard working solution, ng / mL;
V-the final volume of 32、sample solution, mL;
AS-the peak area of compound derivative in the mixed standard working solution;
m-the corresponding mass of test sample in the final sample solution, g。
8 Limit of determination and recovery
8.1 Limit of quantification
The limits of quantification of this method are 5.0 33、μg/kg respectively for valnemulin and tiamulin.
8.2 Recovery
The results of recoveries were showed on table C. 1 of annex C.
Annex A
(Informative annex)
LC-MS/MS conditions
LC-MS/MS conditions
a) Ion source :ESI,
b) Scan 34、 mode:positive mode
c) Monitor mode: Multiple reaction monitoring(MRM);
d) Ionspray voltage:5400 V;
e) Curtain gas: 3.5 L/min;
f) Nebulizer gas: 6 L/min;
g) Auxiliary gas: 8 L/min;
h) Auxiliary gas temp:550℃;
k) Quality ions , quantity ions, Dwell time, retention time, Declustering potential 35、and collision energy see table A.1.
table A.1.- MRM condition
compound
Quality ions/(m/z)
Quantity ions/(m/z)
Dwell time/(ms)
retention time/min
Declustering potential/(V)
Collision energy/(V)
tiamulin
494.30/192.10
494.30/192.10
80
1.98
234
25
494.30/119.00
38
valnemulin
565.30 36、/263.10
565.30/263.10
80
2.09
100
25
565.30/285.20
29
1) Non-commercial statement; the equipments and their type AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500 involved in the standard method are not related to commercial aims, and the analysts are encouraged to equipments of different 37、corporation or different type.
Annex B
(Informative annex)
MRM chromatogram of the standard
The MRM chromatogram of valnemulin and tiamulin standard see figure B.1.
tiamulin
valnemulin
图
Fig B.1.- MRM chromatogram of valnemulin and tiamulin
Annex C
(Informative 38、 annex)
The result of recovery in different matrix
The result of recovery in different matrix see table C.1.
Table C.1.-The data of recovery (n=10)
Compound
Chicken
Fish
Liver
Egg
Milk
Spiking level
/
(μg/kg)
Average recovery/%
Spiking level
/
(μg/kg)
Average recovery/%
Spiki 39、ng level
/
(μg/kg)
Average recovery/%
Spiking level
/
(μg/kg)
Average recovery/%
Spiking level
/
(μg/kg)
Average recovery/%
Valnemulin
5.0
91.4
5.0
91.0
5.0
89.5
5.0
86.9
5.0
80.0
20.0
94.0
20.0
93.2
20.0
90.5
20.0
89.2
20.0
82.0
100.0
93.4
100.0
92.5
100.0
92.2
100.0
90.4
100.0
86.2
Tiamulin
5.0
92.2
5.0
91.2
5.0
87.5
5.0
89.2
5.0
79.9
20.0
93.5
20.0
93.5
20.0
89.5
20.0
92.5
20.0
80.3
100.0
94.0
100.0
93.2
100.0
90.5
100.0
92.6
100.0
87.0
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