This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief details on the analysis of nalidixic acid antibiotics by LC-MS.
            
        
            
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                     Column:  | 
                     Atlantis dC18, 2.1 x 20 mm IS, 3.0 μm, (P/N: 186002058)  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase A:  | 
                     Water  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase B:  | 
                     Methanol  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase C:  | 
                     1% HCOOH in Water  | 
            
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                     Flow rate:  | 
                     0.4 mL/min  | 
            
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                     Injection volume:  | 
                     2 μL  | 
            
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                     Sample concentration:  | 
                     10 μg/mL  | 
            
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                     Temperature:  | 
                     30°C  | 
            
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                     Instrument:  | 
                     Alliance 2795 and Waters ZQ  | 
            
            
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                     Waters ZQ  | 
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                     ES+  | 
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                     Capillary (kV):  | 
                     3.5  | 
            
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                     Cone (V):  | 
                     5.0  | 
            
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                     Extractor:  | 
                     3.0  | 
            
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                     RF lens:  | 
                     0.1  | 
            
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                     Source temp. (°C):  | 
                     150  | 
            
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                     Desolvation temp. (°C):  | 
                     400  | 
            
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                     Cone gas flow (L/Hr):  | 
                     50  | 
            
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                     Desolvation gas fLow(L/Hr):  | 
                     500  | 
            
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                     LM resolution:  | 
                     15  | 
            
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                     HM resolution:  | 
                     15  | 
            
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                     Ion energy:  | 
                     0.5  | 
            
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                     Multiplier (V):  | 
                     650  | 
            
The top figure is the total ion current, followed by the extracted ion signals for each of the three analytes.
*The “extra” peak in the cinoxacin panel is the isotope from oxolinic acid.
            
        WA31787.15, June 2003