High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Furazolidone in Turkey Tissue

Abstract

A high pressure liquid chromatographic method for determining furazolidone in turkey tissue has been developed. Tissues are ground with methanol and centrifuged. For lower levels of furazolidone, 2—40 ppb, the supernate is evaporated to dryness and redissolved before it is injected onto the liquid chromatographic column. Using a reverse phase column and an ultraviolet absorption detector set at 365 nm, the assay is linear over the concentration range 2—400 ppb with a coefficient of variation of <4%. Average recovery from fortified tissues was 96% with a coefficient of variation of 6% at the 50-400 ppb level, and 105% with a coefficient of variation of 11% at the 2—40 ppb level.