Research Article

Implementation and Validation of an Analytical Method for Lincomycin Determination in Feathers and Edible Tissues of Broiler Chickens by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 4

Limit of detection (LOD), average concentration (calculated from 20 samples fortified up to the LOD concentration), standard deviation (SD), relative standard deviation (RSD), and limit of quantification (LOQ) for lincomycin in samples of feather, muscle, and liver tissues.

Biological matrixLOD (µg·kg−1)Average concentration (µg·kg−1)SDRSD (%)LOQ (µg·kg−1)

Feather1920.801.527.2962
Muscle2221.090.170.7873
Liver1021.802.179.9634