Detection of Antibiotics in Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Baghdad City, Iraq

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.04em"/><col style="width:7.43em"/><col style="width:4.66em"/><col style="width:7.07em"/><col style="width:8.50em"/><col style="width:8.04em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Antibiotics</td><td class="align_center">Samples</td><td class="align_center">LOD</td><td class="align_center">Formula</td><td class="align_center">Mol.Wt (g mol-1)</td><td class="align_center">Antibiotic class</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Levofloxacin</td><td class="align_center">W1, W3, R1, R3</td><td class="align_center">detected</td><td class="align_center">C18H20FN3O4,</td><td class="align_center">361.37 </td><td class="align_center">Fluoroquinolone</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ciprofloxacin</td><td class="align_center">W1, W3, R1, R3</td><td class="align_center">detected</td><td class="align_center">C17H18FN3O3</td><td class="align_center">331.34 </td><td class="align_center">Fluoroquinolone</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Amoxicillin</td><td class="align_center">R1</td><td class="align_center">detected</td><td class="align_center">C16H19N3O5S</td><td class="align_center">365.40 </td><td class="align_center">Β-lactam </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Qualitative detection (LOD) of residual drugs by HPLC method.</div>

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Table 3: Detection of Antibiotics in Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Baghdad City, Iraq 