Determination of roquefortine C in blue cheese using on-line column-switching liquid chromatography

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 1999 Jul;20(3):611-9. doi: 10.1016/s0731-7085(99)00081-3.

Abstract

A method is described for the determination of roquefortine C in (blue) cheese. After liquid-liquid extraction with a mixture of hydrochloric acid and methanol, and filtration, an aliquot is analysed using column-switching reversed-phase liquid chromatography. The recovery of roquefortine C in Fetta cheese is about 85%, the calibration curve is linear from 10 to 2500 ng g(-1) (r2 = 0.998), and the detection limit is about 10 ng g(-1). In different batches of Danish Blue concentrations of 1000-2000 ng g(-1) of roquefortine C are found. As regards the stability of roquefortine C its half-life in diffuse daylight is ca. 50 min, while after irradiation with ultraviolet light, it is about 10 min.

Publication types

  • Corrected and Republished Article

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / chemistry
  • Buffers
  • Calibration
  • Cheese / analysis*
  • Chromatography, Liquid / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Drug Stability
  • Ergolines / analysis*
  • Ergolines / radiation effects
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • Hydrochloric Acid / chemistry
  • Indoles*
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Mycotoxins / analysis*
  • Piperazines
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sunlight
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Buffers
  • Ergolines
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • Indoles
  • Mycotoxins
  • Piperazines
  • roquefortine
  • ethyl acetate
  • Hydrochloric Acid
  • Methanol