 
            
        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.
 
            
         
            
        | Column: | Atlantis dC18, 2.1 x 20 mm IS, 3.0 μm, (P/N: 186002058) | 
| Mobile phase A: | Water | 
| Mobile phase B: | Methanol | 
| Mobile phase C: | 1% HCOOH in Water | 
| Flow rate: | 0.4 mL/min | 
| Injection volume: | 2 μL | 
| Sample concentration: | 10 μg/mL | 
| Temperature: | 30°C | 
| Instrument: | Alliance 2795 and Waters ZQ | 
 
            
        | Waters ZQ | |
| ES+ | |
| Capillary (kV): | 3.5 | 
| Cone (V): | 5.0 | 
| Extractor: | 3.0 | 
| RF lens: | 0.1 | 
| Source temp. (°C): | 150 | 
| Desolvation temp. (°C): | 400 | 
| Cone gas flow (L/Hr): | 50 | 
| Desolvation gas fLow(L/Hr): | 500 | 
| LM resolution: | 15 | 
| HM resolution: | 15 | 
| Ion energy: | 0.5 | 
| 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.
 
            
        WA31787.17, June 2003