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Abstract: A magnetic solid phase extraction method coupled to capillary electrophoresis is proposed for the determination of tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and doxycycline in milk samples. Five different magnetic phenyl silica adsorbents covered with magnetite were synthesized by varying the molar ratio of phenyltrimethylsilane and tetramethylorthosilicate; these adsorbents were evaluated in terms of their pH and degree of hydrophobicity for tetracycline retention. The optimal, selected combination of conditions was a pH of 10.0 and a magnetic sorbent ratio of 4:1; under these conditions, the retention capacity ranged from 99.7% to 101.2% for the four tetracyclines analyzed. The elution conditions and initial sample volume of the proposed extraction method were also optimized, and the best results were obtained with 1×10−3 M acetic acid in methanol as eluent and a 200ml of sample volume. Under optimal conditions, average recoveries ranged from 94.2% to 99.8% and the limits of detection ranged from 2 to 9μgl−1 for the four tetracyclines. After the proposed method was optimized and validated, 25 milk samples of different brands were analyzed, oxytetracycline residues were detected in five samples, in concentrations ranging from 98 to 213μgl−1. Subsequent analysis of positive samples by SPE–CE and magnetic solid phase extraction–HPLC revealed than no significant differences were found from results obtained by the proposed methodology. Thus, the developed magnetic extraction is a robust pre-concentration technique that can be coupled to other analytical methods for the quantitative determination of tetracyclines. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

method is presented for magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) of tetracyclines in milk samples. The method involves the extraction and clean-up by silica based magnetic support dispersion on non-pretreated milk samples, followed by the magnetic isolation and desorption of the analytes by acidified methanol. The tetracyclines eluted from the magnetic support were determined simultaneously by flow injection analysis with spectrophotometric detection. Under optimal conditions, the linear range of the calibration curve ranges from 0.03 to 0.60 mg L, with a limit of detection of 10 μg L. Recoveries were determined for milk spiked at levels from 0.15 to 0.60 mg L. Average recoveries ranged from 91.0 to 97.0%, with a precision of <5.0% in all cases. The method was validated by comparing the results with those obtained by MSPE-HPLC and SPE-HPLC. No significant differences were observed ( p < 0.05) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]