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Determination of enro?oxacin and its primary metabolite, cipro?oxacin, in pig tissues. Application to residue studies

2004; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/bmc.411

1099-0801

María Ángeles García, C. Solans, A. Calvo, Esther Figueroa Hernández, R. Hernández del Rey, M. A. Bregante, Mariona Puig,

Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety

A simple and sensitive HPLC method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of enrofloxacin (ENR) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in pig tissue using difloxacin (DIF) as internal standard. Tissue sample preparations were carried out by adding phosphate buffer (pH 7.4, 0.1 m), followed by extraction with trichloromethane. Fluoroquinolones were separated on a reversed-phase column and eluted with aqueous buffer solution-acetonitrile (80:20, v/v). The concentrations of CIP, ENR and DIF eluted from the column, with retention times of 2.20, 2.73 and 4.38 min, respectively, were monitored by fluorescence detection at lambda(ex) 276 and lambda(em) 442 nm. The detection and quantitation limit were 8 and 25 ng/g, respectively, for both compounds. Standard curves were linearly related to concentration in the range 25-400 ng/g. The consequences of the introduction of minor reasonable variations (ruggedness studies) have also been analysed. Finally, the measurement of the tissue levels of ENR and CIP in the pig tissues after oral administration confirmed the utility of the proposed method.