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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2012, Vol. 12 Issue (7): 1189-1198    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(00)8646
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Determination of Tetracyclines and Their Epimers in Agricultural Soil Fertilized with Swine Manure by Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
 ZHENG Wen-li, ZHANG Li-fang, ZHANG Ke-yu, WANG Xiao-yang,  XUE Fei-qun
Key Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation and Residues Research, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Minhang 200241, P.R.China
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摘要  A rapid, sensitive and specific ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) method was developed for the analysis of tetracycline antibiotics, including tetracycline (TC), oxytetracycline (OTC), chlortetracycline (CTC) and their 4-epimers (4-epiTCs) in agricultural soil fertilized with swine manure. Soil samples were extracted and cleaned-up with 10 mL EDTA-McIlvaine buffer solution (pH 4.0), then cleaned-up and pre-concentrated using the Oasis MAX cartridge and then eluted with 1 mL solution by mixing formic acid, methanol and water at a ratio of 2:15:83 (v/v/v). The purified samples were separated by an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column using acetonitrile and water containing 0.1% formic acid mobile phase and detected by a single quadrupole MS. The limits of detection for the soil extraction method (LODsoil) ranged from 0.6-2.5 μg kg-1 with recoveries from 23.3-159.2%. Finally, the method was applied to an agricultural field in an area with intensive pig-fattening farming. Tetracyclines were detected in soil from 2.8 to 42.4 μg kg-1 soil. These results demonstrate that soil from swine farms can become severely contaminated with tetracycline antibiotics and their metabolites.

Abstract  A rapid, sensitive and specific ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) method was developed for the analysis of tetracycline antibiotics, including tetracycline (TC), oxytetracycline (OTC), chlortetracycline (CTC) and their 4-epimers (4-epiTCs) in agricultural soil fertilized with swine manure. Soil samples were extracted and cleaned-up with 10 mL EDTA-McIlvaine buffer solution (pH 4.0), then cleaned-up and pre-concentrated using the Oasis MAX cartridge and then eluted with 1 mL solution by mixing formic acid, methanol and water at a ratio of 2:15:83 (v/v/v). The purified samples were separated by an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column using acetonitrile and water containing 0.1% formic acid mobile phase and detected by a single quadrupole MS. The limits of detection for the soil extraction method (LODsoil) ranged from 0.6-2.5 μg kg-1 with recoveries from 23.3-159.2%. Finally, the method was applied to an agricultural field in an area with intensive pig-fattening farming. Tetracyclines were detected in soil from 2.8 to 42.4 μg kg-1 soil. These results demonstrate that soil from swine farms can become severely contaminated with tetracycline antibiotics and their metabolites.
Keywords:  tetracyclines      epimers      ultra performance liquid chromatography      soil      solid phase extraction  
Received: 15 April 2011   Accepted: 27 July 2012
Corresponding Authors:  XUE Fei-qun, Tel: +86-21-34293460, Fax: +86-21-34293396, E-mail: fqxue@shvri.ac.cn     E-mail:  fqxue@shvri.ac.cn

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ZHENG Wen-li, ZHANG Li-fang, ZHANG Ke-yu, WANG Xiao-yang, XUE Fei-qun. 2012. Determination of Tetracyclines and Their Epimers in Agricultural Soil Fertilized with Swine Manure by Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(7): 1189-1198.

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