Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Bromadiolone in Rodent Baits
Abstract A method Is described for the determination of bromadiolone in rodent bait formulations. Samples are Soxhlet-extracted using methanol as extractant and analyzed by reverse-phase liquid chromatography with UV detection at 280 nm. Chromatography is performed using a ODS-Hypersll (5 fim) column, which enables separation of the 2 diastereolsomers of bromadlolone. The sum of the peak areas of the diastereolsomers Is used for quantitation. The method was tested for precision, linearity, and recovery. Duplicate analyses of 10 formulation samples gave a mean relative standard deviation of 4.1%. Linearity was very good (correlation coefficient 0.9997) In the relevant concentration range. Recovery from spiked samples was 88.9 ±2.3%. The method is applicable to rodent bait formulations with bromadiolone content 0.005% and 0.01%.