Research Article

Development of the High Sensitivity and Selectivity Method for the Determination of Histamine in Fish and Fish Sauce from Vietnam by UPLC-MS/MS

Table 8

The concentration of histamine in fish samples.

Developed method (UPLC-MS/MS) (mg/kg)Compared method (HPLC-PDA) (mg/kg)

Frozen sardines (Sardinella tawilis)16.4 ± 0.818.3 ± 1.2
Frozen anchovy (Engraulidae)13.5 ± 0.912.1 ± 0.8
Frozen menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)6.3 ± 0.77.5 ± 0.6
Frozen mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)64.5 ± 1.658.5 ± 3.2

Note. Each value is expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3).