HPLC fluorescence determination of ochratoxin A utilizing a double internal standard and its application to poultry feed

A validated liquid chromatography method employing a fluorescence detector for the determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) was developed with double internal standard and it was applied to ten different poultry feeds. The analysis was performed in an octadecyl silane column using a solvent system [ACN:water:formic acid (50:50:1.25, v/v/v)] by isocratic elution. The flow rate and injection volume were 1 mL min ^−1 and 12 µL, respectively. Signals were detected at 278( λex) /315( λem) and 330( λex) /450( λem) nm between 0 and 8, and 8.01 and 20.0 min, respectively. The method was validated with precision, linearity, accuracy, limit of detection, limit of quantification, robustness, and stability. Good linearity (r ² = 0.9998–0.9999) was achieved over a concentration range of 1.60 × 10 ^−8 M to 6.40 × 10 ^−6 M for OTA. LOD and LOQ values were 7.83 × 10 ^−10 M and 2.37 × 10 ^−9 M, and 2.01 × 10 ^−9 M and 6.10 × 10 ^−9 M for internal standard 1 (IS1) and internal standard 2 (IS2), respectively, on an interday basis. The method was applied to poultry feed samples. Good recovery data ranged between 79.10% and 85.57%, and 71.98% and 76.66%, and the RSD% values were in the range of 1.36–11.70 and 2.07–2.34 for IS1 and IS2, respectively.