水/硝基苯界面上水溶性冠醚推动碱土金属离子转移的循环伏安法研究

本文用循环伏安法研究了水/硝基苯界面上十种水溶性及两种非水溶性冠醚推动镁(II)、钙(II)、锶(II)、钡(II)四种碱土金属离子的转移, 讨论了实验条件下的转移机制, 估测了热力学函数.     

生物材料中生育酚的荧光测定法

生育酚(V_E)和硒在动物、人体疾病和营养中的相互关系一直为人们所重视。我国在对硒与人体克山病,大骨节病和动物白肌病等关系的研究中,注意到生育酚在致病过程和防治中的作用。因此,建立简便快速测定生物材料中生育酚含量的方法对于评定其营养状态及在疾病中的作用有重要意义。测定植物材料中的生育酚通常使用改进的Emerie-Engel分光光度法和各种色谱     

钼与健康

(1)营养性钼缺乏:钼缺乏并不发生于正常生活的人群中。长期接受完全性胃肠外营养者可致钼缺乏。患者出现心动过速、头疼、精神障碍和昏迷等症状。检测可见血清和尿中尿酸水平低下,尿中无机硫酸盐降低。(2)钼具有抑制肿瘤作用:动物实验显示,钼酸钠和钼酸铵可抑制食管癌和前胃鳞癌。钼酸钠还能抑制乳腺     

美国规定婴儿奶粉须含硒

正美国食品及药物管理局(FDA)修订关于婴儿配方奶粉营养规格及标签的规例,要求必须把硒加入所需营养清单,并订立婴儿配方奶粉最低及最高的硒含量。《美国食品、药品及化妆品法》规定婴儿配方奶粉必须含有29种指定营养,并为各种营养订立最低含量水平,也为其中9种营养订立最高含量水平。FDA最初为婴儿配方奶粉订立营养规格时,未有把硒列为必要营养。其后,硒被认定为一种必要营     

沃特世为您提供猪肉中“瘦肉精”残留检测方案

近日来,"瘦肉精"事件的发生使人们再次将注意力集中到动物体内的β-受体激动剂的检测。常说的"瘦肉精"是一类动物用药,例如莱克多巴胺(Ractopamine)及克伦特罗(Clenbuterol)等。沃特世作为色谱分析行业的领导者,再一次展现了本公司集成样品前处理SPE产品、色谱产品、质谱产品于一体的技术优势,在第一时间推出了包含前处理在内的     

紫外光度法间接测定脱脂乳中的芽孢数量

为了有效控制乳制品生产过程、保证质量,克服芽孢杆菌传统计数方法周期长的缺点,本实验通过分光光度法检测芽孢中特异性物质2,6-吡啶二羧酸(DPA)。根据DPA浓度与芽孢数量的关系,建立了快速检测脱脂乳中芽孢数量的方法。本研究对脱脂乳及其芽孢处理、DPA释放及采用紫外分光光度法检测做了研究。通过准确度和加标回收率检验,建立DPA含量与芽孢数的线性关系,回归方程为y=0.2084x-0.9363,r=0.6998,经验证可有效估测脱脂乳中芽孢数量(P<0.05)。     

氨基酸分析法研究蒙古国博格达汗宫建筑彩画的胶料种类

为了鉴定博格达汗宫建筑彩画使用的胶料,采用氨基酸分析法测定了古代常用胶料(鸡蛋、动物胶及奶类)的氨基酸组成比.分析3类胶料,发现各胶料的氨基酸组成特点,其中动物胶含羟脯氨酸,且甘氨酸平均含量高达20.45%;鸡蛋中天冬氨酸与脯氨酸的比值较高,平均值为2.29;奶类中谷氨酸与丙氨酸的比值较高,平均值为5.01.在此基础上,分析了蒙古国博格达汗宫建筑彩画样品,对样品的氨基酸组成比进行主成分分析,确定了样品胶料的种类.同时,以动物胶特有的氨基酸--羟脯氨酸(含量均值13.6%)为研究对象,估算出文物样品使用胶料的配方为鸡蛋胶原/动物胶胶原(1.5∶ 1),得出了蒙古国博格达汗宫建筑彩画是采用以鸡蛋为主、动物胶为辅的混合胶料的结论.     

一氧化氮样舒张因子在休克中的变化及意义

本工作观察了大鼠止血带休克、败血症休克和小肠缺血再灌注休克一氧化氮样舒张因子(NO-LRF)的变化及作用。结果表明,休克动物离体主动脉对去甲肾上腺素的反应降低,组织cGMP含量增加。NO合成前体L-精氨酸(L-Arg)或NO合成阻断剂L-硝基精氨酸(L-NNA)、可溶性鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂亚甲基蓝(MB)分别增强或减弱休克动物主动脉的上述变化,且这些药物的作用不依赖于血管内皮的存在,提示休克时非内皮源的NO-LRF生成增多是血管对收缩物质反应性降低的原因之一。整体实验发现,L-NNA加重晚期休克动物的低血压并恶化预后,而L-Arg延缓休克动物的血压降低,减轻组织损伤,提示NO-LRF对机体有重要的保护作用,休克时非内皮源NO-LRF生成增多可能是机体的适应性代偿反应。     

二溴对甲偶氮羧光度法测定维生素B_(12)中钴量

钴是具有生物活性的微量元素,在动物营养中占有相当重要的位置。随着生物科学的发展,研究简便、快速、准确地测定钴的分析方法十分必要。钴的测定方法有分光光度法、原子吸收光谱法、络合滴定法等。二溴对甲偶氮羧已用于测定新型除氧剂中钡,尚未见其应用于钴测定的报道。本工作将其用于维生素B_(12)中钴的测定,试验发现     

神经递质的在体电化学测定

神经生物学工作者长期以来一直在寻求正常生理状态下动态跟踪监测活体动物中枢神经系统(CNS)神经递质变化的技术。七十年代初一些分析化学家注意到电化学分析技术可以测定动物脑中某些神经递质,经过许多人的努力,从体外(in vitro)到体内(in vivo)从递质标准溶液、脑片、脑移植物、麻醉动物脑脊液、脊髓和脑组织到清醒状态下自由活动动物脑组织神经递质的监测,进行了大量的研究,取得了令人鼓舞的结果。本文主要综述在体电化学测定方法研究的进展。     

Proficiency testing of animal nutrition laboratories

The Embrapa Cattle-Southeast research unit conducts a program to compare the results provided by laboratories that perform animal feed analyses. Fifty-two laboratories, representing all the Brazilian regions, have participated in the program. The assays included are those normally carried out by animal nutrition laboratories on animal feed and mineral supplements, a total of 22 different analyses. Four rounds of the program are performed annually. Each package provided to the laboratories for testing contains three kinds of animal feed (three each of forage and commercial feed), along with three mineral supplements. For the evaluation of assigned values and standard deviation, the median and robust standard deviation of the participants’ results are used. This paper reports the experience in coordinating the Brazilian interlaboratory comparison exercise.     

Spectral library validation to identify ingredients of compound feedingstuffs by near infrared reflectance microscopy

To guarantee feed quality and safety the development and improvement of analytical methods for feed authentication and detection of contaminants is fundamental. Near infrared reflectance microscopy (NIRM) has been investigated as an alternative method to contribute to control systems for feed materials. The major task is the need to build NIRM reference spectral libraries that must represent the variability in feed ingredients. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the performance of a NIRM reference spectral library on animal feed, with external samples of animal feed ingredients and possible contaminants such as processed animal proteins, and in particular to assess its ability to identify ingredients in mixtures. Three external sample sets were used: (A) artificial mixtures, (B) synthetic mixtures and (C) synthetic binary mixtures. The prediction and repeatability results for set A, in which the spectra are from pure ingredients, were very good for both animal and vegetable ingredients and confirm that the spectral library is very good at identifying spectra from pure ingredients. For sets B and C, in which the spectra were measured on mixtures, the prediction results were very disappointing compared with the artificial samples. This means that a strategy that tries to match the spectra taken from a mixture with those of pure ingredients is unlikely to meet with much success. It is possible that an interpolation between pure ingredients for suitably chosen spectral ranges may provide a way to extend this system to mixtures, including mixtures of several ingredients.     

Liquid chromatographic method for the quantification of zearalenone in baby food and animal feed: interlaboratory study

An interlaboratory trial for determination of zearalenone (ZON) in baby food and animal feed was conducted. The study involved 39 participants in 16 European Union member states, as well as Turkey, Uruguay, and China, representing a cross-section of industry, and official food control and research institutes. The method is based on immunoaffinity column cleanup followed by high-performance liquid chromatography using fluorimetry (HPLC-FI). The test portion of the sample is extracted with methanol-water (75 + 25, v/v). The sample extract is filtered, diluted, and passed over an immunoaffinity column. ZON is eluted with methanol. The separation and determination of ZON is performed by reversed-phase HPLC-FI with an excitation wavelength of 274 nm and an emission wavelength of 446 nm. Test portions of the samples were spiked at levels of 20 and 30 microg/kg ZON in baby food and at levels of 100 and 150 microg/kg ZON in animal feed. Mean recoveries from each participant ranged from 78 to 119% with an average value of 92% for baby food and from 51 to 122% with an average value of 74% for animal feed. Based on results for spiked samples (blind duplicates at 2 levels), as well as naturally contaminated samples (blind duplicates at 3 levels), the relative standard deviation for repeatability (RSDr) in baby food ranged from 2.8 to 9.0%. For animal feed, this value ranged from 5.7 to 9.5%. The relative standard deviation for reproducibility (RSDR) in baby food ranged from 8.2 to 13.3%, and for animal feed this value ranged from 15.5 to 21.4%. The Horwitz ratio (HorRat) in baby food ranged from 0.3 to 0.4, and for animal feed this value ranged from 0.6 to 0.9. The method showed acceptable within- and between-laboratory precision for each matrix, as required by European legislation.     

The Applicability of Essential Oils in Different Stages of Production of Animal-Based Foods

Essential oils (EOs) have been used for centuries, and interest in these compounds has been revived in recent years. Due to their unique chemical composition as well as antimicrobial, immunostimulatory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, EOs are used in pharmacology, cosmetology and, increasingly, in animal breeding and rearing, and processing of animal raw materials. Essential oils have become a natural alternative to preservatives, taste enhancers and, most importantly, antibiotics, because the European Union banned the use of antibiotics in metaphylaxis in animal husbandry in 2006. In the animal production chain, EOs are used mainly as feed additives to improve feed palatability and increase feed intake, improve animal resistance and health status, and to prevent and treat diseases. Recent research indicates that EOs can also be applied to sanitize poultry houses, and they can be used as biopesticides in organic farming. Essential oils effectively preserve meat and milk and, consequently, improve the safety, hygiene and quality of animal-based foods. Novel technologies such as encapsulation may increase the bioavailability of EOs and their application in the production of food and feed additives.     

Liquid chromatographic determination of deoxynivalenol in baby food and animal feed: interlaboratory study

An interlaboratory study was conducted for the determination of deoxynivalenol in baby food and animal feed by high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection. The study included 14 participants representing a cross section of industry, official food control, and research facilities. Mean recoveries reported ranged from 89% (at 120 microg/kg) to 85% (at 240 microg/kg) for baby food and from 100% (at 200 microg/kg) to 93% (at 400 microg/kg) for animal feed. On the basis of the results for spiked samples (blind duplicates at 2 levels), as well as those for naturally contaminated samples (blind duplicates at 3 levels), the relative standard deviation for repeatability (RSDr) in analyses of baby food ranged from 6.4 to 14.0% and in analyses of animal feed, from 6.1 to 16.5%. The relative standard deviation for reproducibility (RSDR) in analyses of baby food ranged from 9.4 to 19.5% and in analyses of animal feed, from 10.5 to 25.2%. The HorRat values ranged from 0.4 to 1.0 and from 0.7 to 1.3, for baby food and animal feed, respectively. The method showed acceptable performance for within-laboratory and between-laboratory precision for each matrix, as required by European legislation.     

Validation study of a lateral-flow immunoassay for detection of ruminant by-product material in animal feeds and feed ingredients

An immunoassay with a lateral flow format has been developed for the detection of ruminant by-product material in animal feeds and feed ingredients. The test is designed for the analysis of animal feeds destined for feeding to ruminants to ensure that they do not contain ruminant by-products in violation of the ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1997. This feed ban was established as a firewall against exposure of ruminant livestock animals to the prion agents responsible for neurological diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie. The test is designed for field use, e.g., at a feed mill, and yields a qualitative (presence/absence) result in 15-20 min. The objective of the study was to validate the lateral-flow test for detection of ruminant by-product material in a variety of finished animal feeds and feed ingredients. Results indicate that the test is specific for ruminant material and can detect as little as 1% ruminant material in these commodities.     

A Rapid HPLC Analysis of Diazepam in Animal Feed

Abstract

A rapid HPLC analysis is described for the methanolic extraction of diazepam from spiked animal feed. A short disposable reverse-phase extraction column is employed to remove interfering substances present in the animal feed. This is followed by direct injection of an aliquot into an analytical ODS column. The precision is better than 3.9% and the % recovery is 87.8 ± 0.8% resulting in a convenient, rapid method for the routine analysis of added diazepam in prepared animal diets.     

Analysis of fluoroquinolones in animal feeds by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

An analytical method for the analysis of six fluoroquinolones (FQs) in animal feeds was developed. The sample treatment consists of a simple and rapid extraction of the analytes by manual shaking with an acetonitrile-water mixture containing hydrochloric acid without further sample cleanup. Matrix effects were minimized by diluting the extract with water. Determination was carried out by liquid chromatography using fluorimetric detection. The method was validated in-house in four different feed matrices (poultry, cow, pig, and lamb feed). Mean recoveries ranging from 80 to 105%, with relative standard deviations below 12%, were achieved from spiked animal feed samples on the 0.2-2.0 μg/g level. No relevant differences were observed between the studied feeds, this ensuring that the method was reliable for a wide variety of feed matrices. Decision limit and detection capability values are below 0.08 and 0.13 mg/kg, respectively, for most FQs. The results obtained demonstrate the feasibility of the analytical method developed for a routine use to control the illegal use of these substances in feeding stuffs.     

Quantitative analysis of penicillins in porcine tissues, milk and animal feed using derivatisation with piperidine and stable isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Penicillins are used universally in both human and veterinary medicine. The European Union (EU) has established maximum residue levels (MRLs) for most ß-lactam antibiotics in milk and animal tissues and included them in the National Residue Monitoring Programs. In this study, a novel method is described for the determination and confirmation of eight penicillins in porcine tissues, milk and animal feed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). To prevent degradation of penicillin residues during workup, a derivatisation procedure was developed, by which penicillins were converted to stable piperidine derivatives. Deuterated piperidine derivatives were synthesised for all relevant penicillins, enabling the use of isotope dilution for accurate quantification. Penicillin residues were derivatised in the crude extract with piperidine and isolated using solid-phase extraction. The penicillin piperidine derivatives were determined by LC–MS/MS. The method was validated at the current MRLs, which range from 25–300 µg kg^?1 in muscle and kidney to 4–30 µg kg^?1 in milk as well as at the target value of 100 µg kg^?1 chosen for animal feed, according to the EU requirements for a quantitative confirmatory method. Accuracy ranged from 94–113% (muscle), 83–111% (kidney) and 87–103% (milk) to 88–116% (animal feed). Intra-day precision (relative standard deviation (RSD)_r) ranged from 5–13% (muscle, n?=?18), 4–17% (kidney, n?=?7) and 5–18% (milk, n?=?7) to 11–32% (animal feed, n?=?18). Inter-day precision (RSD_RL, n?=?18) ranged from 6–23% (muscle) to 11–36% (animal feed). From the results, it was concluded that the method was fit for purpose at the target MRLs in animal tissue and target levels for animal feed.