Table 1.
Linear dynamic range, correlation coefficients, LODs and LOQs, average recoveries, and interday and intraday precisions achieved for the six β-agonists.
| Compounds | Linear range (μg/L) | R 2 | LODa (μg/L) | LOQb (μg/L) | Recovery (%) | Interday assayc (RSD %, n=5) | Intraday assayc (RSD %, n=5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiked level (μg/kg) | Pork | Liver | |||||||
| Clenbuterol | 0.5–35 | 0.9991 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 1.0 | 85.0 | 87.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 5.0 | 86.5 | 97.9 | |||||||
| Salbutamol | 1–35 | 0.9981 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 1.0 | 85.3 | 84.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.0 | 76.5 | 88.2 | |||||||
| Ractopamine | 1–35 | 0.9952 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 1.0 | 75.8 | 80.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 5.0 | 83.6 | 72.6 | |||||||
| Mabuterol | 1–35 | 0.9978 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 1.0 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| 5.0 | 85.3 | 84.9 | |||||||
| Brombuterol | 1–35 | 0.9936 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 1.0 | 84.5 | 82.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| 5.0 | 85.8 | 85.6 | |||||||
| Terbutaline | 1–35 | 0.9957 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 1.0 | 84.3 | 83.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 5.0 | 85.4 | 85.2 | |||||||
aS/N = 3; bS/N = 10; cassays at 5.0 μg/kg level.