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Antimicrobial Array I Plus

Cat. No: EV3775

Overview

Key Advantages:

  • Lower limits of detection well below MRLs and other regulatory requirements
  • Simplifies confirmatory analysis by providing individual Sulphonamide identification and quantitative results
  • Extensive number of sulphonamides detected
  • Minimal false positives
  • No PABA interference in honey resulting in excellent specificity
  • Applicable to multiple sample matrices

Antimicrobial compounds have been used in food production to treat infections and to function as growth promoters. However, serious health concerns exist about the presence of antimicrobial compounds in food and the development of antibiotic resistant strains of micro-organisms due to inappropriate use in food producing animals. As a result of these concerns, many countries have banned or limited the use of antimicrobials in food producing animals and have set maximum residue limits (MRLs) for antimicrobial residues in food. It is evident that effective screening solutions for antimicrobials are essential. Antimicrobial Array I simultaneously detects multiple sulphonamides in a single sample.

Assay Limits of Detection

Assay Honey(ppb) Milk(ppb) Feed (ppb) Tissue(ppb) Urine(ppb)
Sulphadiazine (SZ) 5.0 0.5 pending 3 pending
Sulphadimethoxine (SDM) 5.0* 0.6 pending 6.5 pending
Sulphaquinoxaline (SQ) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphamethazine  (SMT) 5.0 2.5 pending 3.2 pending
Sulphamethoxazole (SMX) 1.6 0.5 pending 1.6 pending
Sulphathiazole (ST) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphisoxazole (SS) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphapyridine (SP) 8.0 0.5 pending 3.2 pending
Sulphamerazine (SM) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphamonomethoxine (SMM) 20.0 2.0 pending 10 pending
Sulphamethoxypyridazine (SMP) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphachlorpyridazine (SCP) 5.0 0.5 pending 2 pending
Sulphamethizole (SMZ) 5.0 0.5 pending 3.2 pending
Sulphadoxine (SD) 5.0 0.5 pending 3.2 pending
Trimethoprim (TMP) 8.0 0.5 pending 3 pending

Assay Specificity

Analyte   Cross Reactivity %
Sulphadimethoxine Sulphadimethoxine 100
Sulphadiazine Sulphadiazine 100
Sulphadoxine Sulphadoxine 100
Sulphamethizole Sulphamethizole 100
Sulphachlorpyridazine 13.3
Sulphamethoxypyridazine Sulphamethoxypyridazine 100
Sulphaethoxypyridazine 56
Sulphachlorpyridazine Sulphachlorpyridazine 100
Sulphamerazine Sulphamerazine 100
Sulphisoxazole Sulphisoxazole 100
Sulphathiazole Sulphathiazole 100
Sulphadiazine 6.2
Sulphamethazine Sulphamethazine 100
Sulphaquinoxaline Sulphaquinoxaline 100
Sulphapyridine Sulphapyridine 100
Sulphasalazine 12.9
Sulphamethoxazole Sulphamethoxazole 100
Sulphamethizole 92
Sulphachlorpyridazine 12.1
Sulphamonomethoxine Sulphamonomethoxine 100
Trimethoprim Trimethoprim 100

Used in conjunction with Feed Preparation Kit and Milk Preparation Kit