TY - JOUR TI - Multi-Residue Determination of 7 β-Agonists in Liver and Meat Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry AU - Karamolegou, F. AU - Dasenaki, M. AU - Belessi, V. AU - Georgakilas, V. AU - Thomaidis, N. JO - Food Analytical Methods PY - 2018 VL - 11 TODO - 10 SP - 2925-2942 PB - Springer New York LLC SN - 1936-9751, 1936-976X TODO - 10.1007/s12161-018-1278-y TODO - Essential oils; Extraction; Liver; Mass spectrometry; Meats; Phase separation, Bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide; Commission Decision 2002/657/EC; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; GC-MS; Multi-residue determination; Optimum extraction conditions; Relative standard deviations; Trishydroxymethylaminomethane, Gas chromatography TODO - A robust and sensitive methodology, utilizing GC-MS, for the identification and quantitation of seven β-agonist residues (mabuterol, clenbuterol, brombuterol, mapenterol, clenpenterol, clenproperol, and clencyclohexerol), in liver and meat samples, is described. Different extraction procedures, followed by GC/MS measurement, were tested and compared in order to achieve optimum extraction conditions and eliminate matrix effects. The optimized method consisted of consecutive extractions with hydrochloric tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS-HCl) and tert-butyl-methyl ether (TBME), defatting with hexane and solid-phase extraction (SPE) with C18 cartridges. Ν,O-bis(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) with 1% trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) was used as a derivatization agent and the GC-EI-MS determination was performed using a MDN-5S capillary column in single-ion monitoring (SIM) acquisition mode. The method was validated according to the Commission Decision 2002/657/EC, fulfilling all the EU criteria. Quantification was performed via internal standard calibration using deuterated analogs of the compounds. Recoveries ranged from 83 to 118% (mabuterol at concentration levels of 2.0 and 1.5 μg kg−1, respectively) and precision, expressed as %relative standard deviation (% RSD), was in every case lower than the % RSDs obtained from Horwitz equation. The obtained decision limit (CCα) and detection capability (CCβ) values varied from 0.21 ng g−1 (clenbuterol) to 0.49 ng g−1 (clenproperol, clencyclohexerol) and from 0.60 (mapenterol) to 0.69 ng g−1 (clenpenterol), respectively. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. ER -