Determination of Multiclass Antibiotics in Fish Muscle Using a QuEChERS-UHPLC-MS/MS Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents and Materials
2.2. UHPLC-MS/MS Analysis
2.3. Sample Pretreatment and Storage
2.4. QuEChERS Extraction Method
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. UHPLC-MS/MS Figures of Merit
3.2. Recovery Studies in Fish Samples
3.3. Matrix-Matched Calibration and Matrix Effect Evaluation
3.4. Analysis of Real Samples
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Analytes | Sample | 125 ng/g | 200 ng/g | 400 ng/g | Mean |
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Recovery % (RSD %) | Recovery % (RSD %) | Recovery % (RSD %) | Recovery % (RSD %) | ||
Sulfadiazine | European sea bass | 77.5 (8.5) | 52.3 (13) | 76.5 (1.6) | 68.8 (21) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 52.3 (18) | 55.6 (1.9) | 66.9 (17) | 58.3 (13.1) | |
Diaveridine | European sea bass | 90.6 (3.6) | 95.4 (1.6) | 94.3 (0.4) | 93.4 (2.7) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 90.9 (6.8) | 99.9 (2.0) | 92.9 (8.1) | 94.6 (5.0) | |
Trimethoprim | European sea bass | 87.0 (4.1) | 95.5 (0.6) | 94.7 (0.2) | 92.4 (5.1) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 91.7 (4.4) | 98.5 (1.2) | 93.0 (5.9) | 94.4 (3.8) | |
Marbofloxacin | European sea bass | 41.5 (5.5) | 43.8 (12) | 48.7 (5.4) | 44.7 (8.2) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 40.1 (10) | 49.9 (5.4) | 64.7 (16) | 51.6 (24) | |
Enrofloxacin | European sea bass | 67.4 (11) | 74.1 (12) | 77.3 (2.8) | 72.9 (6.9) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 73.8 (4.5) | 82.8 (6.1) | 83.1 (19) | 79.9 (6.6) | |
Difloxacin | European sea bass | 80.9 (6.1) | 81.1 (10) | 83.9 (2.7) | 81.9 (2.0) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 81.2 (3.3) | 87.1 (5.6) | 86.8 (15) | 85.0 (3.9) | |
Sulfamethoxazole | European sea bass | 85.7 (8.9) | 55.7 (9.6) | 77.6 (2.2) | 73.0 (21) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 55.6 (14) | 61.6 (4.6) | 71.7 (13) | 63.0 (13) | |
Oxolinic acid | European sea bass | 82.4 (6.1) | 80.9 (19) | 83.6 (2.4) | 82.3 (1.7) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 80.5 (5.2) | 85.4 (10) | 81.5 (4.4) | 82.5 (3.1) | |
Tilmicosin | European sea bass | 71.1 (17) | 95.8 (2.0) | 93.0 (1.4) | 86.6 (16) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 93.4 (4.0) | 98.4 (1.5) | 100 (6.4) | 97.4 (3.7) | |
Flumequine | European sea bass | 82.0 (4.4) | 80.3 (18) | 88.9 (2.4) | 83.7 (5.4) |
Gilt-head sea bream | 86.9 (3.8) | 87.1 (9.7) | 103 (21) | 92.1 (10) |
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Aissaoui, Y.; Jiménez-Skrzypek, G.; González-Sálamo, J.; Trabelsi-Ayadi, M.; Ghorbel-Abid, I.; Hernández-Borges, J. Determination of Multiclass Antibiotics in Fish Muscle Using a QuEChERS-UHPLC-MS/MS Method. Foods 2024, 13, 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071081
Aissaoui Y, Jiménez-Skrzypek G, González-Sálamo J, Trabelsi-Ayadi M, Ghorbel-Abid I, Hernández-Borges J. Determination of Multiclass Antibiotics in Fish Muscle Using a QuEChERS-UHPLC-MS/MS Method. Foods. 2024; 13(7):1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071081
Chicago/Turabian StyleAissaoui, Yousra, Gabriel Jiménez-Skrzypek, Javier González-Sálamo, Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi, Ibtissem Ghorbel-Abid, and Javier Hernández-Borges. 2024. "Determination of Multiclass Antibiotics in Fish Muscle Using a QuEChERS-UHPLC-MS/MS Method" Foods 13, no. 7: 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071081
APA StyleAissaoui, Y., Jiménez-Skrzypek, G., González-Sálamo, J., Trabelsi-Ayadi, M., Ghorbel-Abid, I., & Hernández-Borges, J. (2024). Determination of Multiclass Antibiotics in Fish Muscle Using a QuEChERS-UHPLC-MS/MS Method. Foods, 13(7), 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071081