Verfahren zur Bestimmung von Dicyandiamid in Pflanzen oder Pflanzenteilen

摘要

The present invention is a method for determination of dicyanodiamide in a plant matrix, i.e. in a plant or a part of a plant. It involves a series of steps including extracting any dicyanodiamide from the plant matrix as well as purifying the dicyanodiamide obtained of interfering substances. Next, the dicyanodiamide obtained is reacted with 3-hydroxy-2-butanone in a non-aqueous, alcoholic hydrochloric acid medium to form 2-guanidino-4,5-dimethyloxazole, and then any 2-guanidino-4,5-dimthyloxazole formed is isolated using liquid-liquid extraction. Finally, any isolated 2-guanidino-4,5-dimethyloxazole is purified by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the amount of 2-guanidino-4,5-dimethyloxazole is determined spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 260 nm.