Table 3.
Table of previously published detection limits in ng/ml for the analysis of zeranol mycoestrogens by LC-triple quadrupole MS instrumentation
| Reference | [53] | [54] | [55] | [56] | [57] | [35] | [49] | [13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matrix analyzed | Bovine urine | Bovine follicular fluids | Animal-derived foods (i.e., pork, eggs, milk) | Animal urine | Human urine | Homogenized pork, fish, milk, liver | Human urine | Human serum |
| MS instrumentation | Micromass Quattro Ultima tandem MS (Waters) | API 2000 (AB Sciex) | TSQ quantum triple stage quadrupole (TS) | Linear ion trap quadrupole QTRAP5500 (Sciex) | Varian 1200-L Quadrupole (Agilent) | API4000 MS (AB Sciex) | Quattro XEVO MS (Waters) | Xevo TQS tandem quadrupole MS (Waters) |
| LOD (ng/mL) | ||||||||
| Zan | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.03 | ||
| Zer | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.12 | 0.04 | ||
| bZal | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 1.6 | 0.02 | ||
| Zen | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| aZol | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.61 | 0.04 |
| bZol | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 0.06 |