Concurrent determination of four fluoroquinolones in catfish, shrimp, and salmon by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

J AOAC Int. 2002 Nov-Dec;85(6):1293-301.

Abstract

A liquid chromatographic (LC) method with fluorescence detection was developed for concurrent determination of 4 fluoroquinolones: ciprofloxacin (CIPRO), enrofloxacin (ENRO), sarafloxacin (SARA), and difloxacin (DIFLX) in catfish, shrimp, and salmon. The procedure consists of extraction from fish tissue with acidified ethanol, isolation and retention on a cation exchange solid-phase extraction column, elution with basic methanol, and LC analysis with fluorescence detection. LC is performed by isocratic elution with acetonitrile-2% acetic acid (16 + 84) mobile phase, and a PLRP-S polymer column with fluorescence detection, excitation 278 nm and emission 450 nm. A target level of 20 ppb for each of the 4 fluoroquinolones has been established for this method. Fortified and incurred fish sample results are based on a 5-point standard curve calculation (10-160 ppb). Overall percent recoveries (% relative standard deviation) from fortified catfish were 78 (10), 80 (11), 70 (9.4), and 78 (10); from fortified shrimp, 69 (5.9), 85 (4.9), 79 (5.9), and 90 (4.5); and from fortified salmon, 56 (15), 93 (5.6), 61 (11), and 87 (5.0) for CIPRO, ENRO, SARA, and DIFLX, respectively. Data from the analysis of fluoroquinolone-incurred catfish, shrimp, and salmon are presented.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / analysis*
  • Calibration
  • Catfishes / metabolism*
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Milk / chemistry
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry*
  • Penaeidae / chemistry*
  • Quality Control
  • Reference Standards
  • Salmon / metabolism*
  • Solutions
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Solutions