Research Article

Multiresidue Method for Quantification of Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim in Tilapia Fillet by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Using QuEChERS for Sample Preparation

Table 2

Validation parameters of sulfonamides and trimethoprim.

Validation parametersSulfonamides and trimethoprim
SPSTZSMZSDMXSMXSMPDSMRTMP

Working range (ng·g−1)5–2505–2505–2505–2505–2505–2505–2505–250
Linearity (R2)0.99580.99140.99220.99920.99940.99350.99640.9984
Sensibility1174.07633.8112324.32670.561626.522057.081345.721588.92
Matrix effect (%)
12.5 ng·g−1−18.98−2.07−11.19−3.58−5.229.57−3.689.65
50 ng·g−11.6014.710.37−3.281.13−4.151.85−0.12
100 ng·g−10.13−7.020.461.61−1.773.740.79−0.03
Accuracy (% recovery (CV%))
10 ng·g−183.9 (14.4)52.9 (19.2)69.1 (19.4)49.6 (17.8)45.4 (11.9)80.0 (9.4)79.5 (15.4)92.0 (13.2)
20 ng·g−191.5 (19.3)38.4 (17.2)72.4 (11.8)47.4 (3.4)41.8 (4.2)66.8 (9.0)85.4 (16.7)88.2 (17.7)
40 ng·g−1103.6 (19.0)41.3 (18.6)68.0 (19.1)51.1 (4.5)43.5 (10.0)64.6 (5.5)81.2 (15.0)91.5 (16.2)
LOD (ng·g−1)1.01.01.01.01.01.01.01.0
LOQ (ng·g−1)5.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.0

SP, sulfapyridine; STZ, sulfathiazol; SMZ, sulfamethazine; SDMX, sulfadimethoxine; SMX,  sulfamethoxazole; SMPD,  sulfamethoxypyridazine; SMR, sulfamerazine; TMP, trimethoprim; LOD, limit of detection; LOQ,  limit of quantitation; CV, coefficient of variation.