Liquid chromatographic determination of the anticoccidial drug halofuginone hydrobromide in eggs

J AOAC Int. 1995 Jan-Feb;78(1):37-40.

Abstract

A liquid chromatographic (LC) method is described for the determination of 5-100 ppb halofuginone hydrobromide (HFG) in eggs. HFG as the free base is extracted from eggs with ethyl acetate. The extract is cleaned up on an acidic Celite 545 column. A Waters C18 column is used for LC separation with UV determination at 243 nm. The isocratic mobile phase is a mixture of water-acetonitrile-ammonium acetate buffer (12 + 5 + 3) and acetic acid. The interassay average recovery from eggs was 90.4%, with a standard deviation of 5.11 and a relative standard deviation of 5.65%.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Coccidiostats / analysis*
  • Drug Residues / analysis*
  • Eggs / analysis*
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Piperidines
  • Quinazolines / analysis*
  • Quinazolinones
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Coccidiostats
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Piperidines
  • Quinazolines
  • Quinazolinones
  • halofuginone