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  • Title: Determination of antibiotics in aquatic environment by solid-phase extraction followed by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
    Author: Nageswara Rao R, Venkateswarlu N, Narsimha R.
    Journal: J Chromatogr A; 2008 Apr 11; 1187(1-2):151-64. PubMed ID: 18295772.
    Abstract:
    A robust and sensitive solid-phase extraction followed by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometric (LC-ESI-MS) method for determination of antibiotics viz., fluoroquinolones, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and cephalosporines in surface waters was developed. The sample recoveries on Oasis HLB cartridges were found to be >80%. Identification was carried out by LC-ESI-MS/MS. The positive ion ESI mass spectra containing the peaks of quasimolecular ions [M+H](+) allowed the determination of molecular masses whereas the fragment ions obtained by MS/MS of [M+H](+) ions permitted the structural assignment. Quantification was carried out by selective ion monitoring (SIM) using the quasimolecular ions [M+H](+) of the parent compounds. The detection and quantification limits were found to be in the range of 0.6-8.1 and 2.0-24.0 microg/L. The surface waters of different lakes and tanks of Hyderabad, India were found to contain a few antibiotics.
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