Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies

A multi-residue method was developed to identify and quantify pharmaceutical drug residues in full-fat milk, using a modified QuEChERS extraction procedure and sonication combined with Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-HR-Orbitrap-MS). Sam...

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Main Authors: Ourania Koloka, Marioanna Koulama, Dimitra Hela, Triantafyllos Albanis, Ioannis Konstantinou
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
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author Ourania Koloka
Marioanna Koulama
Dimitra Hela
Triantafyllos Albanis
Ioannis Konstantinou
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Dimitra Hela
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Ioannis Konstantinou
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description A multi-residue method was developed to identify and quantify pharmaceutical drug residues in full-fat milk, using a modified QuEChERS extraction procedure and sonication combined with Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-HR-Orbitrap-MS). Sample preparation involves three different QuEChERS extraction procedures and sorbents for the purification step. The optimized modified extraction method, combined with the clean-up approaches using C18 and the EMR-Lipid sorbent, has been validated in terms of linearity, recovery, precision, LOD and LOQ, matrix effects (ME) and expanded uncertainty. The optimized method showed a linearity >0.9903, recoveries within the range 65.1–120.1%, precision (expressed as %RSD) <17.5%, medium (<39.9%) to low (<16.7%) matrix effects and acceptable expanded uncertainty (<33.1%). Finally, the proposed method was applied to representative real samples of milk (by local markets), revealing the existence of one pharmaceutical drug (imidocarb) in one sample.
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spelling doaj.art-72eab7ba2404443fa225803a94a632622023-11-19T02:25:21ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492023-08-012816613010.3390/molecules28166130Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation StudiesOurania Koloka0Marioanna Koulama1Dimitra Hela2Triantafyllos Albanis3Ioannis Konstantinou4Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceA multi-residue method was developed to identify and quantify pharmaceutical drug residues in full-fat milk, using a modified QuEChERS extraction procedure and sonication combined with Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-HR-Orbitrap-MS). Sample preparation involves three different QuEChERS extraction procedures and sorbents for the purification step. The optimized modified extraction method, combined with the clean-up approaches using C18 and the EMR-Lipid sorbent, has been validated in terms of linearity, recovery, precision, LOD and LOQ, matrix effects (ME) and expanded uncertainty. The optimized method showed a linearity >0.9903, recoveries within the range 65.1–120.1%, precision (expressed as %RSD) <17.5%, medium (<39.9%) to low (<16.7%) matrix effects and acceptable expanded uncertainty (<33.1%). Finally, the proposed method was applied to representative real samples of milk (by local markets), revealing the existence of one pharmaceutical drug (imidocarb) in one sample.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/16/6130pharmaceutical drugmilkQuEChERSliquid chromatography–LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometryuncertainty
spellingShingle Ourania Koloka
Marioanna Koulama
Dimitra Hela
Triantafyllos Albanis
Ioannis Konstantinou
Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
Molecules
pharmaceutical drug
milk
QuEChERS
liquid chromatography–LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry
uncertainty
title Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
title_full Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
title_fullStr Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
title_short Determination of Multiclass Pharmaceutical Residues in Milk Using Modified QuEChERS and Liquid-Chromatography-Hybrid Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Comparison of Clean-Up Approaches and Validation Studies
title_sort determination of multiclass pharmaceutical residues in milk using modified quechers and liquid chromatography hybrid linear ion trap orbitrap mass spectrometry comparison of clean up approaches and validation studies
topic pharmaceutical drug
milk
QuEChERS
liquid chromatography–LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry
uncertainty
url https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/16/6130
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