A Method for the Determination of Octa- and Nonachloro-2-phenoxyphenols in Chicken Tissue

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Abstract
A GLC method was developed capable of determining octa- and nonachloro-2-phenoxyphenols in chicken liver or muscle at 0.25 ppb and fat at 2.5 ppb. The method involved extraction with acidified acetone:hexane, cleanup with concentrated H2SO4 and Florisil column chromatography, methylation with diazomethane and quantitation by capillary column gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection. Fortification of liver and muscle at 0.25 or 0.5 ppb and fat at 2.5 or 5.0 ppb and subsequent analysis yielded recoveries averaging 91% for octa- and 97% for nonachlorophenoxyphenol.