Simultaneous determination of selected veterinary antibiotics in gilthead seabream (Sparus Aurata) by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2007 Sep 15;857(1):142-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2007.07.011. Epub 2007 Jul 23.

Abstract

A method was optimised and validated for simultaneous monitoring of several drugs of different classes of antibiotics such as quinolones (oxilinic acid and flumequine), tetracyclines (oxytetracycline), sulfonamides (sulfadiazine) and trimethoprim in fish muscle and skin. The method is based on solid-liquid extraction without further sample clean up followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) determination with electrospray ion source (ESI) in positive mode. The limits of quantification (LOQs) were lower than 20 microg/kg for all compounds and repeatability, expressed as relative standard deviations (RSD), were lower than 15%. Therefore, the LC-MS method was successfully applied for the quantitative determination of antibiotics in gilthead sea bream muscle and skin and oxytetracycline in medicated fishes.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / analysis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Drug Residues / analysis*
  • Drug Residues / chemistry
  • Fish Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Fish Diseases / metabolism
  • Fishes / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Muscles / chemistry*
  • Oxytetracycline / analysis
  • Quinolones / analysis
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sea Bream / metabolism*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods
  • Sulfonamides / analysis
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Tetracyclines / analysis*
  • Trimethoprim / analysis
  • Veterinary Drugs / analysis*
  • Veterinary Drugs / chemistry
  • Veterinary Drugs / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Quinolones
  • Sulfonamides
  • Tetracyclines
  • Veterinary Drugs
  • Trimethoprim
  • Oxytetracycline