Determination of glycarbylamide in chicken tissue by high-performance liquid chromatography.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determining glycarbylamide (GB) in chicken tissue was developed. GB was extracted with acetonitrile, followed by solid-phase extraction cleanup using a Bond Elut cartridge column with neutral alumina. After the extract had been evaporated to dryness, the residue was dissolved in 1.0 mL 0.1N sodium hydroxide. Then 1.0 mL 0.1M potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution was added to it. HPLC separation was done on a 250 x 4.6 mm id TSK-GEL ODS 80 TM column with 0.05M potassium dihydrogen phosphate as the mobile phase. Ultraviolet detection was done at a wavelength of 260 nm. The calibration curve of standard GB solutions was linear between 0.16 and 3 μg/mL (correlation coefficient, r = 0.999). The recovery of GB from chicken muscle spiked at 0.8 μg/g was 88.6 ± 2.3% (mean ± standard deviation, n = 5), and the lower limit of determination was 0.05 μg/g in chicken muscle.