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Table 2 Intra-day and inter-day recovery ratios and relative standard deviation (RSD) of EQ, EQI and EQDM from swine tissues

From: Analysis of ethoxyquin and its oxidation products in swine tissues by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for evaluating the feed-to-animal tissue transfer of ethoxyquin and its metabolites

Analyte

Samples

Spiked concentration, ng/g

Intra-day (n = 6)

Inter-day (n = 3)

Mean recovery, %

RSD, %

Mean recovery, %

RSD, %

EQ

Muscle

5

85.3

2.69

82.7

1.83

25

95.9

1.83

87.5

0.82

Kidney

100

91.0

2.99

78.2

4.00

200

93.1

3.59

87.2

2.46

Liver

100

89.8

5.7

82.9

4.06

200

96.8

4.02

97.9

6.65

Fat

1000

93.2

5.52

88.3

2.35

2000

94.2

3.69

92.1

5.28

EQI

Muscle

5

74.3

1.71

68.7

2.64

25

76.2

2.57

72.7

5.75

Kidney

100

61.4

1.02

64.7

1.17

200

68.8

3.11

70.2

7.81

Liver

100

93.9

7.54

87.4

11.60

200

89.2

4.21

82.6

6.78

Fat

1000

79.3

5.61

82.3

4.63

2000

81.2

4.76

75.5

5.12

EQDM

Muscle

5

83.3

1.51

82.3

1.53

25

93.3

1.14

92.5

5.95

Kidney

100

88.5

3.62

86.5

1.46

200

99.2

2.29

93.0

6.73

Liver

100

88.1

4.16

95.8

7.73

200

100.7

2.51

89.5

4.74

Fat

1000

77.6

4.81

74.2

5.11

2000

82.5

6.42

84.7

5.79