Journal
TALANTA
Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 596-606Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.04.021
Keywords
Eggs; Quinolones; Pressurized liquid extraction; Liquid chromatography; Kinetex column; Fluorescence detection
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- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia [AGL2008-05578-C05]
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [BES-2006-12884]
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A multiresidue method for the analysis, in egg matrices, of residues of nine quinolones used in veterinary medicine, has been developed and validated according to the provisions of Council Decision 2002/657. Compounds were extracted by a pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) technique using a 1:1 mixture of acetonitrile and a phosphoric acid buffer (pH 3.0) at 70 degrees C. The obtained extract was clear enough, so that no further clean-up was necessary. Analytes were determined by liquid chromatography (LC) with fluorescence detection (FL). Two chromatographic columns were compared: a high-purity silica Inertsil C-8 column and a newly developed Kinetex C-18 core-shell technology column. Validation was carried out at four concentration levels, using both chromatographic columns. Precision in terms of reproducibility standard deviation was between 7% and 23%, and good recoveries were obtained. Decision limit (CC alpha) and detection capability (CC beta) values obtained with the Inertsil and Kinetex columns were in the 0.2-19.81 mu g kg(-1) and 0.4-33.5 mu g kg(-1) concentration ranges, respectively. The proposed method allows residues of quinolones banned for use with laying hens to be detected and quantified in eggs. About twenty-four samples per day can be processed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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