A rapid, acetonitrile-free, HPLC method for determination of melamine in infant formula |
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Authors: | Gopalakrishnan Venkatasami |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079, USA |
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Abstract: | A simple, precise, accurate and validated, acetonitrile-free, reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method is developed for the determination of melamine in dry and liquid infant formula. The separation is performed on a Kromasil C18 column (150 mm × 3.2 mm I.D., 5 μm particle size) at room temperature. The mobile phase (0.1% TFA/methanol 90:10) is pumped at a flow rate of 0.3 mL min−1 with detection at 240 nm. Melamine elutes at 3.7 min. A linear response (r > 0.999) is observed for samples ranging from 1.0 to 80 μg mL−1. The method provides recoveries of 97.2-101.2% in the concentration range of 5-40 μg mL−1, intra- and inter-day variation in <1.0% R.S.D. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values are 0.1 μg mL−1 and 0.2 μg mL−1, respectively. |
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Keywords: | Melamine High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) Infant formula Validation Acetonitrile-free |
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