Research Article

Fast HPLC-MS/MS Method for Determining Penicillin Antibiotics in Infant Formulas Using Molecularly Imprinted Solid-Phase Extraction

Table 5

Mean recoveries (ten samples), precision, limit of detection (LOD), and limit of quantification (LOQ) obtained for the determination of penicillin drugs in milk powder (infant formula) using NAFC-MAA-EGDMA-ACN polymer as MISPE sorbent, in combination with HPLC-MS/MS.

ParameteraAnalyte
AMXOXACLOXPEN GPEN VAMPDICLOXNAFC

Recovery (%)6084916060666274
CVr (%) 9.212.13.65.513.910.31.48.1
CVR (%) 10.719.219.39.916.012.92.411.1
LOD (µg kg−1)0.9 23.6 15.50.71.21.11.47.4
LOQ (µg kg−1)3.178.451.62.43.93.64.824.6

CVr: repeatability, greater intraday CV%; CVR: within-lab reproducibility, greater interday CV%.