Determination of antifungals in rodent diet by supercritical fluid extraction followed by packed column supercritical fluid chromatography with ultraviolet detection

J AOAC Int. 1997 Jan-Feb;80(1):7-13.

Abstract

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) followed by packed column supercritical fluid chromatography with ultraviolet detection was evaluated as a quantitative method for determining 4 antifungals (fluconazole, tioconazole, hexaconazole, and UK-47,265) in rodent diet. Chromatography was achieved with a cyano-bonded silica column, UV detection at 210 nm, and methanol-modified supercritical carbon dioxide as mobile phase. The effects of modifier concentration, temperature, and column pressure on antifungal retention time was studied. Off-line SFE was optimized at 2 spike levels, ranging from 0.5 to 10 g/kg, for each of the 4 antifungals. Average recoveries ranged from 79.0% for UK-47,265 to 96.5% for hexaconazole. Overall, the procedure provides a suitable method for analyzing antifungals in spiked rodent diet.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / analysis*
  • Antifungal Agents / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Diet
  • Fluconazole / analysis*
  • Fluconazole / metabolism
  • Food Analysis / standards
  • Food Contamination
  • Imidazoles / analysis*
  • Imidazoles / metabolism
  • Reference Standards
  • Rodentia
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Triazoles / analysis*
  • Triazoles / metabolism

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Imidazoles
  • Triazoles
  • dichlorophenyl-bis-triazolylpropanol
  • Fluconazole
  • tioconazole