Determination of macrolide antibiotics using dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2012 Jun;23(6):1157-60. doi: 10.1007/s13361-012-0371-5. Epub 2012 Mar 24.

Abstract

A novel method for the determination of macrolide antibiotics using dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction coupled to surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric detection was developed. Acetone and dichloromethane were used as the disperser solvent and extraction solvent, respectively. A mixture of extraction solvent and disperser solvent were rapidly injected into a 1.0 mL aqueous sample to form a cloudy solution. After the extraction, macrolide antibiotics were detected using surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SALDI/MS) with colloidal silver as the matrix. Under optimum conditions, the limits of detection (LODs) at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 were 2, 3, 3, and 2 nM for erythromycin (ERY), spiramycin (SPI), tilmicosin (TILM), and tylosin (TYL), respectively. This developed method was successfully applied to the determination of macrolide antibiotics in human urine samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / analysis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / urine
  • Humans
  • Limit of Detection
  • Liquid Phase Microextraction / methods*
  • Macrolides / analysis*
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Macrolides / isolation & purification
  • Macrolides / urine
  • Signal-To-Noise Ratio
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Macrolides