Pharmaceuticals in grocery market fish fillets by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Musavvir Arafat Mottaleb, Carly Stowe, Daniel R. Johnson, Mohammed J. Meziani, M. Abdul Mottaleb

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Abstract

Occurrences of pharmaceuticals are evident in aquatic organisms. A reproducible gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method using selected ion monitoring (SIM) has been used to determine the anti-histamine diphenhydramine (DPH), anti-anxiety diazepam (DZP), anti-seizure carbamazepine (CZP) drugs and their metabolites in grocery stores fish that were homogenized, extracted, pre-concentrated, cleaned up, and examined. Identifications of the compounds in extracts were obtained by comparing similar mass spectral features and retention properties with standards. Among nine frequently detected drugs, only DPH and DZP were observed and ranged from 0.61 to 6.21 and 1.99 to 16.57 ng/g, respectively, in fourteen fish species. These concentration values were lower than the environmental fish. Mean spike recoveries of analytes exceeded 75% with relative standard deviations (RSD) < 10%. The statistically-derived method detection limits (MDLs) for nine compounds ranged from 0.13 to 5.56 ng/g. Average surrogate recoveries were 80-85% with 4-9% RSD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)529-536
Number of pages8
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume190
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 10 2016

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Keywords

  • Diazepam
  • Diphenhydramine
  • Drugs
  • Edible fish
  • GC-MS
  • Grocery stores
  • Pharmaceuticals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Food Science

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