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Table 3 Analytical parameters for the SPE-LC-MS/MS and SPE-UHPLC-MS/MS methods

From: An assessment of the concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater treatment plants on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Compound

RSDa(%) n=6

LODb(ng/L)

LOQc(ng/L)

Recovery (%) n=6

1

Naproxen

9.6

0.6

1.8

101.8 ± 7.0

2

Carbamazepine

10.7

0.3

1.1

105.6 ± 4.4

3

Ketoprofen

9.2

2.4

7.9

98.6 ± 9.4

4

Bezafibrate

7.8

2.9

9.6

91.6 ± 11.4

5

Atenolol

6.5

7.9

26.3

67.2 ± 4.4

6

Metamizole

7.9

6.3

21.1

54.4 ± 4.3

7

Paraxanthine

10.8

2.2

7.8

96.4 ± 10.4

8

Fluoxetine

7.7

97.4

324.7

21.0 ± 1.6

9

Levofloxacin

8.5

9.1

30.3

82.4 ± 14.0

10

Norfloxacin

8.5

8.5

28.0

85.3 ± 5.2

11

Ciprofloxacin

6.8

8.6

28.7

86.2 ± 2.1

12

Enrofloxacin

7.0

5.3

17.7

94.0 ± 6.1

13

Sarafloxacin

9.8

11.1

37.0

86.1 ± 11.2

  1. aRelative Standard Derivation.
  2. bDetection limits, calculated as signal to noise ratio of three times.
  3. cQuantification limits, calculated as signal to noise ratio of ten times.