Determination of Salbutamol, Clenbuterol, and Brombuterol in Urine by a Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence Enzyme Immunoassay

A salbutamol-bovine serum albumin and a salbutamol-ovalbumin coating antigen were synthesized, and six New Zealand white rabbits were treated with the immunogen to obtain polyclonal antibodies to develop a rapid, sensitive, and indirect chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (ciCLEIA) for the analysis of swine and bovine urine. The prepared antibodies showed high cross-reactivities with clenbuterol (139.6%) and brombuterol (225%). Under the optimized conditions, the linear dynamic range and the limit of detection (LOD) for salbutamol were from 0.007 to 0.17 µg L−1 and 0.003 µg L−1, with a correlation coefficient of 0.9965 and a half maximum inhibition concentration of 0.028 µg L−1. Recoveries for salbutamol, clenbuterol, and brombuterol were from 78.8% to 119.0% with intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation less than 13.9% and 19.7%, respectively. The reported ciCLEIA was about 10-fold more sensitive for salbutamol and 20-fold more sensitive for clenbuterol compared to conventional methods. This...