Preparation and characterization of an immunoaffinity column for the selective extraction of salbutamol from pork sample.

A rapid, simple, and reliable determination method for salbutamol in pork was developed with immunoaffinity column (IAC) extraction followed by HPLC analysis. The salbutamol immunoaffinity column was prepared by coupling CNBr-activated Sepharose-4B with the anti-salbutamol polyclonal antibody which was purified by caprylic acid-ammonium sulfate. The coupling rate of the antibody and Sepharose-4B was 98.6%, and the dynamic column capacity of IAC was 400 ng/mL gel. The average recoveries of salbutamol from spiked pork samples at levels of 2, 10, 20, and 50 ng/g ranged from 83.3% to 92.2%, with the relative standard deviations of 2.8-7.0% (n=5), and the limits of detection and qualification were 0.25 ng/g and 0.5 ng/g, respectively.