Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 19, 2026

Multiplex Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by Isotope-dilution HPLC-MS/MS of Antibiotics in Critical Illnesses
Published on: August 30, 2018
Enzyme immunoassay and liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection for amikacin in raw milk
Yiqiang Chen1, Qian Chen, Lidong He
1State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
An enzyme immunoassay and a liquid chromatography (LC) method for amikacin (AMK) in raw milk were developed in this study. Anti-AMK antibody was prepared by immunizing rabbits with AMK-BSA conjugate. The developed immunoassay exhibited an IC(50) value of 1.30 ng/mL and the spiked recoveries at 25-1000 ng/mL ranged from 69.8% to 93.3% with coefficients of variation (CVs) of 8.5-17.6%. For LC analysis, AMK was derivatized with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate, which was followed by C8 column separation and fluorescence detection. By trichloroacetic acid extraction and MCX column purification, the recoveries at spiked concentrations of 500-5000 ng/mL were 80.7-91.3% with CVs less than 6.3%. The two methods can be selectively used for rapidly screening or quantitatively determining AMK in raw milk.
An enzyme immunoassay and a liquid chromatography (LC) method for amikacin (AMK) in raw milk were developed in this study. Anti-AMK antibody was prepared by immunizing rabbits with AMK-BSA conjugate. The developed immunoassay exhibited an IC(50) value of 1.30 ng/mL and the spiked recoveries at 25-1000 ng/mL ranged from 69.8% to 93.3% with coefficients of variation (CVs) of 8.5-17.6%. For LC analysis, AMK was derivatized with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate, which was followed by C8 column separation and fluorescence detection. By trichloroacetic acid extraction and MCX column purification, the recoveries at spiked concentrations of 500-5000 ng/mL were 80.7-91.3% with CVs less than 6.3%. The two methods can be selectively used for rapidly screening or quantitatively determining AMK in raw milk.

