Simultaneous determination of 11 prohibited and restricted veterinary drugs and their metabolites in animal-derived foods by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry coupled with solid phase extraction
Bolin Liu, Jian Xie, Ziwei Zhao, Xiu‐Li Wang, Xiaomei Shan
Abstract
) was greater than 0.99. The limits of detection (LODs) ranged from 0.050 to 0.50 μg/kg, and the limits of quantification (LOQs) ranged from 0.20 to 1.5 μg/kg. With eggs, freshwater fish, chicken, and liquid milk as the matrix samples, the recoveries in spiked blank samples were determined at different addition levels in compliance with the current legislation. The average recoveries of the 11 analytes were 65.3% to 108%. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) were between 0.40% and 21%. The matrix effects of the analytes were between 0.0124% and 46.80% in four different samples after purification on the Oasis HLB column. The practicality of the proposed approach for routine analyses of the eight prohibited and restricted veterinary drugs, and three metabolite residuals was evaluated by applying it to the determination of these compounds in animal-derived food samples. The samples, including 80 eggs, 80 chicken, 40 liquid milk, and 32 freshwater fish, were procured from a supermarket and a farm product market. The results of the positive samples were consistent with those observed with the standard methods. The method described herein is easy to operate, sensitive, and accurate. It is suitable for the simultaneous and rapid determination of various prohibited and restricted veterinary drug residues and metabolites in animal-derived foods.