Investigation of Melamine Presence in Canned Tuna Fish by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Method

• Published in: Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 310 - 315
• Main Authors: Demirhan,Buket Er, Demirhan,Burak, Baş,Sezen Yarımkaya, Yentür,Gülderen, Öktem,Aysel Bayhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi 11-03-2015; Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University
• Subjects: balık; capillary zone electrophoresis; elisa; fish; melamine; Coğrafya; kapiler zon elektroforez; melamin; Ziraat; Ankara; Balık; Fish; Capillary zone electrophoresis; Kapiler zon elektroforez; Melamine; Melamin
• ISSN: 1300-7580; 2148-9297
• DOI: 10.15832/tbd.46532

Melamine is widely used as a chemical in food industry and may lead to kidney damage. The aim of this study was to determine melamine and pH value of 80 canned tuna fish samples of four different brands (A, B, C, D) sold in Ankara, Turkey. Quantitative determination of melamine in canned tuna fish samples was carried out by capillary zone electrophoresis with diode array detector (CZE-DAD). The limits of detection and quantitation for melamine were found
to be 0.21 mg kg-1and 0.68 mg kg-1, respectively. The proposed method was successfully applied for the analysis of melamine in canned tuna fish samples by mean recovery with 104.7% in oily and 107.6% for light samples. Melamine levels were found as