Quantitation of fluoroquinolones in honey using tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS): nested validation with two mass spectrometers |
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Authors: | Durden David A Fernandes Gwen |
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Institution: | Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 3650 36th St NW, Calgary, AB, T2L 2L1, Canada. david.durden@shaw.ca |
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Abstract: | A number of drugs in the quinolone and fluoroquinolone families, approved for veterinary treatment of food animals by various countries, may be used to treat bee diseases and thereby contaminate honey. An LC-MS/MS method has been developed for the quantification of the quinolones: flumequine, nalidixic acid, oxolinic acid, and pipemidic acid; and the fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, difloxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, orbifloxacin, marbofloxacin, sarafloxacin, and sparfloxacin. A method-matched calibration curve is used with several internal standards, i.e., ciprofloxacin-d8, Iomefloxacin, and cinoxacin, to correct for the various types of honey matrices: white, light, medium, and dark colors. Enoxacin is added as an external recovery standard. The LOD values range from 0.05 microg/kg (ofloxacin) to 0.4 microg/kg (flumequine). The compounds are verified by LC-MS/MS retention times and ion ratios. Method uncertainty was determined using two separate analytical systems. The method has successfully measured the presence of norfloxacin in several samples of honey imported into Canada. |
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