TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the chromatographic selectivity of β-lactam residue analysis in milk using phenyl-column chemistry prior to detection by tandem mass spectrometry
AU - Di Rocco, Melissa
AU - Moloney, Mary
AU - Haren, Deirdre
AU - Gutierrez, Montserrat
AU - Earley, Seán
AU - Berendsen, Bjorn
AU - Furey, Ambrose
AU - Danaher, Martin
PY - 2020/5/23
Y1 - 2020/5/23
N2 - Analyte isobaric interferences can limit the development of a comprehensive analytical method for the quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry profiling of an important cohort of veterinary drugs. In this work, a selective chromatographic separation was developed for the analysis of 32 β-lactam antibiotic residues (12 penicillins, 14 cephalosporins, five carbapenems and faropenem) in milk samples. A range of analytical columns with different stationary phases and mobile phases were evaluated for retention and separation of the β-lactam compounds. Results showed that, among the columns tested, only phenyl-hexyl could adequately separate ampicillin from cephalexin and amoxicillin from cefadroxil, which had shown isobaric interferences on a number of stationary phases. Chromatography was performed using a water/acetonitrile binary gradient with formic acid and ammonium acetate. The β-lactam residues were extracted from the milk samples using a water:acetonitrile solution and purified by C18 dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE) clean-up, followed by concentration under nitrogen and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) determination. Analytes were monitored in positive electrospray ionisation mode (ESI(+)). Possible interfering matrix effects were overcome by using 13 internal standards. The method was fully validated according to 2002/657/EC guidelines, showing satisfactory performance characteristics. Under within-laboratory reproducibility conditions, trueness and precision ranged from 91 to 130% and from 1.4 to 38.6%, respectively. Decision limits (CCα) were in the range 2.1–133 μg kg−1. Limits of detection (LODs) and quantitation (LOQs) ranged between 0.0090 and 1.5 μg kg−1 and from 0.030 to 5.0 μg kg−1, respectively.
AB - Analyte isobaric interferences can limit the development of a comprehensive analytical method for the quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry profiling of an important cohort of veterinary drugs. In this work, a selective chromatographic separation was developed for the analysis of 32 β-lactam antibiotic residues (12 penicillins, 14 cephalosporins, five carbapenems and faropenem) in milk samples. A range of analytical columns with different stationary phases and mobile phases were evaluated for retention and separation of the β-lactam compounds. Results showed that, among the columns tested, only phenyl-hexyl could adequately separate ampicillin from cephalexin and amoxicillin from cefadroxil, which had shown isobaric interferences on a number of stationary phases. Chromatography was performed using a water/acetonitrile binary gradient with formic acid and ammonium acetate. The β-lactam residues were extracted from the milk samples using a water:acetonitrile solution and purified by C18 dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE) clean-up, followed by concentration under nitrogen and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) determination. Analytes were monitored in positive electrospray ionisation mode (ESI(+)). Possible interfering matrix effects were overcome by using 13 internal standards. The method was fully validated according to 2002/657/EC guidelines, showing satisfactory performance characteristics. Under within-laboratory reproducibility conditions, trueness and precision ranged from 91 to 130% and from 1.4 to 38.6%, respectively. Decision limits (CCα) were in the range 2.1–133 μg kg−1. Limits of detection (LODs) and quantitation (LOQs) ranged between 0.0090 and 1.5 μg kg−1 and from 0.030 to 5.0 μg kg−1, respectively.
KW - Bovine milk
KW - Chromatographic selectivity
KW - Phenyl-hexyl
KW - UHPLC-MS/MS
KW - β-Lactam antibiotics
U2 - 10.1007/s00216-020-02688-4
DO - 10.1007/s00216-020-02688-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085332709
SN - 1618-2642
VL - 412
SP - 4461
EP - 4475
JO - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
JF - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
ER -