Abstract
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.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Petrović M, Hernando MD, Diaz-Cruz MS, Barceló D (2005) J Chromatogr A 1067:1–14
Diaz-Cruz S, Barceló D (2004) Occurrence and analysis of selected pharmaceuticals and metabolites as contaminants present in waste waters, sludge and sediments, the handbook of environmental chemistry. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
Diaz-Cruz MS, López de Alda MJ, Barceló D (2003) Trends Anal Chem 22:340–351
Yang S, Cha J, Carlson K (2005) J Chromatogr A 1097:40–53
Renew JE, Huang CH (2004) J Chromatogr A 1042:113–121
Diaz-Cruz S, Barcelo D (2005) Trends Anal Chem 24:645–657
Maudens KE, Zhang G-F, Lambert WE (2004) J Chromatogr A 1047:85–92
Carretero AS, Cruces-Blanco S, Peinado SF, El Bergmi R, Gutierrez AF (1999) J Pharm Biomed Anal 21:969–974
De Orsi D, Pellegrini M, Marchei E, Nebuloni P, Gallinella B, Scavarelli G, Martufi A, Gagliardi L, Pichini S (2009) J Pharm Biomed 50:362–369
Fernandez-Torres R, Lopez MAB, Consntino MO, Mochon MC (2010) Anal Lett 44:2357–2372
Tuerk J, Reinders M, Dreyer D, Kiffmeyer TK, Schmidt KG, Kuss H-M (2006) J Chromatogr B 831:72–80
Won SY, Lee CH, Chang HS, Kim SO, Lee SH, Kim DS (2011) Food Control 22:1101–1107
Wei R, Fe F, Huanf S, Chen M, Wang R (2011) Chemosphere 82:1408–1414
Garcia-Galan MJ, Diaz-Cruz MS, Barcelo D (2010) Talanta 81:355–366
Chen L, Zhang X, Xu Y, Du X, Sun X, Sum L, Wang H, Zhao Q, Yu A, Zhang H, Ding L (2010) Anal Chim Acta 662:31–38
Le-Minh N, Stuetz RM, Khan SJ (2012) Talanta 89:407–416
Blackwell PA, Lűtzhøft HCH, Ma HPP, Halliing-Sørensen B, Boxall ABA, Kay P (2004) Talanta 64:1058–1064
Santos JL, Aparicio I, Alonso E, Callejon (2005) Anal Chim Acta 550:116–122
Ferdig M, Kaleta A, Buchberger W (2005) J Sep Sci 28:1448–1456
Golet EM, Alder AC, Hartmann A, Ternes TA, Giger W (2001) Anal Chem 73:3632–3638
Nakata H, Kannan K, Jones PD, Giesy JP (2005) Chemosphere 58:759–766
Gehring TA, Griffin B, Williams R, Geiseker C, Rushing LG, Siitonen PH (2006) J Chromatogr B 840:132–138
Babić S, Pavlović DM, Ašperger D, Periša M, Zrnčić M, Horvat AJM, Kaštelan-Macan M (2010) Anal Bioanal Chem 398:1185–1194
Pavlović DM, Babić S, Dolar D, Ašperger D, Košutić K, Horvat AJM, Kaštelan-Macan M (2010) J Sep Sci 33:258–267
Babić S, Ašperger D, Mutavdžić D, Horvat AJM, Kaštelan-Macan M (2006) Talanta 70:732–738
Babić S, Mutavdžić D, Ašperger D, Horvat AJM, Kaštelan-Macan M (2007) Chromatographia 65:105–110
Posyniak A, Zmudzki J, Mitrowska K (2005) J Chromatogr A 1087:259–264
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.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Published in the special paper collection 19th International Symposium on Separation Sciences with guest editors Tomislav Bolanča and Bogusław Buszewski.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
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
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10337-014-2685-x