A simple SPE-UPLC-MS/MS method for determination of 9 antibiotics in surface water

Pham Thi Thu Hoai; Chu Dinh Binh; Vu Cam Tu; Nguyen Thi Thao; Duong Thi Quynh Mai; Nguyen Thi Thu; Thi Thao Ta; Van Tu Vu; Nguyen Thi Hue; Bui Van Hoi

doi:10.15625/2525-2518/17407

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Pham Thi Thu Hoai School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No1 Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Chu Dinh Binh School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No1 Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Vu Cam Tu University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen Thi Thao School of Environmental Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No1 Dai Co Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Duong Thi Quynh Mai School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No1 Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Nguyen Thi Thu School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No1 Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Thi Thao Ta Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi University of Science, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam
Van Tu Vu Institute of Environmental Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Nguyen Thi Hue Institute of Environmental Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, 100000 Vietnam
Bui Van Hoi University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2151-5751

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https://doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/17407

Keywords:

macrolides, fluoroquinlones, tetracyclines, UPLC-MS/MS, surface water

Abstract

The overuse of antibiotics is losing its effectiveness due to increased antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Over the last two decades, the evaluation of antibiotic residues in the environment has greatly attracted the attention of researchers around the world. The more new groups of antibiotics were validated to use in medical treatment, the more antibiotic residues were discharged into the environment. In this work, a combined SPE-UPLC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for simultaneously analyzing 9 antibiotic compounds belonging 3 different groups which are tetracyclines (tetracycline – TET, chlortetracycline – CHL, oxytetracycline – OXY), fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin – CIP, norfloxacin – NOR, ofloxacin – OFL) and macrolides (azithromycin – AZI, erythromycin – ERY, clarithromycin – CLA) in surface water. All target analytes were separated on a reversed-phase column (Water BEH C18 column, 1.7 µm particle size, 100 x 2.1 mm) coupled with a mass in tandem employing positive electrospray ionization (+ESI). All target analytes were well separated with an overall run time of 16 minutes. The limit of detection was from 0.2 to 10 µg L^-1. The extraction process has been successfully optimized using the HLB column (Oasis, 6mL, 200mg, Waters) with recoveries from 71 to 125%. The optimized method was finally applied to analyze ten surface water samples (lake and river). OFL, CLA, and ERY were most found in lake samples at concentrations from 35 – 570.3 ng.L^-1 while only CIP was found in all river samples. The other compounds were also detected in both types of samples but the concentrations were lower than the quantification limit.

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