An analytical study of antibacterial residues in meat: the simultaneous determination of 23 antibiotics and 13 drugs using gas chromatography

Vet Hum Toxicol. 1992 Oct;34(5):393-7.

Abstract

Simultaneous determination of 7 penicillins, 3 tetracyclines, 5 aminoglycoside antibiotics, 5 macrolide antibiotics, 2 polyether antibiotics, chloramphenicol and 13 drugs was evaluated. The 36 agents in meat were extracted with 10% trichloroacetic acid. The extracted solutions were adsorbed on an Amberlite XAD-2 resin column and an activated carbon resin column and then eluted with methanol and 0.01N HCl-methanol, respectively. The eluted solutions were concentrated to dryness and trimethylsilylated with pyridine, N, 0-bis (trimethylsilyl) acetamide, N-trimethylsilylimidazole and trimethylchlorosilane. They were then measured by gas chromatography with a flame-ionization detector. The recovery for almost all of the 36 compounds from the original meat specimens was more than 82%. The limits of detection for most of the 36 agents using this method were equivalent to the original individual methods of analysis.

MeSH terms

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / analysis*
  • Cattle
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Meat / analysis*
  • Penicillins / analysis*
  • Sulfanilamides / analysis*
  • Swine
  • Tetracyclines / analysis*

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillins
  • Sulfanilamides
  • Tetracyclines