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Determination of the antimicrobial growth promoter moenomycin-A in chicken litter

  • Sandra Pérez
  • , Brenna E. McJury
  • , Peter Eichhorn
  • , Diana S. Aga
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

This study aimed to develop and optimize a method for the extraction and analysis of moenomycin antibiotics (a.k.a. flavomycin) in corn-based feed premix and in chicken litter. Moenomycin-A was isolated from chicken litter using pressurized liquid extraction followed by a solid-phase extraction (SPE) clean-up step. The highly lipophilic nature of moenomycin necessitated the use of the less hydrophobic sorbent, C4-based SPE cartridge, and a higher temperature elution solvent, methanol at 50 °C, in order to obtain satisfactory percent recoveries. After clean-up, the sample was analyzed by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS). Various reversed-phase columns were examined, including C18, CN, perfluorinated C6, and a porous graphitic carbon. The set of conditions that gave the highest separation efficiency while still maintaining symmetrical peak shape was the C18 column using the H2O + 0.3% HCOOH and acetonitrile mobile phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)234-241
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume1175
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 21 2007

Keywords

  • Chicken feed
  • Chicken litter
  • LC-ESI-MS
  • Moenomycin

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