Time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for 19-nortestosterone residues in aquaculture tissues.

A competitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) was developed for the determination of 19-nortestosterone (17beta-NT) residues in aquaculture tissues. The limit of detection (LOD) was determined to be 0.08 ng g-1 and the limit of quantification (LOQ) was less than 0.8 ng g-1. The results obtained by the TR-FIA and ELISA showed a good correlation. The established TR-FIA was validated for the determination of incurred aquaculture tissues and confirmed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). This proposed technique could be applied to routine residue analysis.