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HPLC–DAD–FLD Determination of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in Pharmaceutical Industry Wastewater with Precolumn Derivatization Using Fluorescamine

Chromatographia volume 77, pages 1059–1066 (2014)Cite this article

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A simple and robust method suitable for routine analysis of pharmaceuticals from different classes in pharmaceutical industry wastewater samples is presented. Seven veterinary pharmaceuticals (antibiotics and anesthetic) were simultaneously isolated from a highly complex wastewater matrix. Target compounds were three sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfaguanidine, sulfadiazine, and sulfamethazine), three fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin), and one anesthetic, procaine. The investigated compounds were simultaneously pre-concentrated and cleaned up by solid-phase extraction using Strata-X extraction cartridges. The analysis was performed using liquid chromatography (LC) with diode array and fluorescence detectors connected in series to the chromatographic system. LC separation was performed on a C18 modified column (Phenomenex) with a gradient elution of mobile phase (0.1 % acetic acid in water and 0.1 % acetic acid in acetonitrile) in 25 min at 30 °C. Recoveries ranged from 86.9 to 110 % with relative standard deviations below 10.1 %. Method limits of quantification were in the range of 0.005–0.1 μg L−1 depending on the fluorescence intensity after precolumn derivatization by fluorescamine.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports Project: 125-1253008-1350, Development of advanced analytical methods for pharmaceuticals determination in the environment, and a bilateral project HR-SLO: Determination of toxicity and physico-chemical properties of pharmaceuticals.

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    Danijela Ašperger, Vesna Tišler, Mirta Zrnčić, Dragana Mutavdžić Pavlović, Sandra Babić, Alka J. M. Horvat & Marija Kaštelan-Macan

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Published in the special paper collection 19th International Symposium on Separation Sciences with guest editors Tomislav Bolanča and Bogusław Buszewski.

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Ašperger, D., Tišler, V., Zrnčić, M. et al. HPLC–DAD–FLD Determination of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in Pharmaceutical Industry Wastewater with Precolumn Derivatization Using Fluorescamine. Chromatographia 77, 1059–1066 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10337-014-2685-x

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Keywords

  • High-performance liquid chromatography
  • Fluorescence detection
  • Derivatization
  • Fluorescamine
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Wastewater