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. 2022 Jun 14;12(5):791–800. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2022.06.004

Table 3.

Spiked recoveries of fluoroquinolones (FQs) in the river water, wetland water, and pond water (n = 3).

Analytes Spiked (μg/L) River water
Wetland water
Pond water
Determined concentration (μg/L) Recovery (%) Determined concentration (μg/L) Recovery (%) Determined concentration (μg/L) Recovery (%)
ENO 0
5 5.6 ± 0.2 111.0 4.6 ± 0.1 92.8 4.2 ± 0.4 83.8
40 42.5 ± 2.4 106.3 40.4 ± 1.5 101.1 37.1 ± 1.1 92.8
80 84.2 ± 0.9 105.3 81.5 ± 2.9 101.8 81.5 ± 2.9 101.8
LVFX 0
5 5.3 ± 0.2 105.3 5.2 ± 0.2 104.7 5.3 ± 0.2 105.1
40 43.7 ± 2.7 109.2 41.1 ± 1.9 102.8 42.3 ± 1.2 105.8
80 85.0 ± 1.1 106.2 81.7 ± 4.2 102.1 81.7 ± 4.2 102.1
CIP 0
5 5.3 ± 0.1 105.0 4.5 ± 0.1 90.8 4.3 ± 0.3 85.0
40 42.3 ± 2.3 105.7 40.0 ± 1.3 99.9 35.5 ± 0.7 88.9
80 83.7 ± 0.7 104.7 81.2 ± 2.7 101.5 81.2 ± 2.7 101.5
LOM 0
5 4.9 ± 0.2 98.5 4.8 ± 0.1 95.7 5.1 ± 0.01 102.7
40 40.9 ± 3.1 102.2 40.7 ± 1.8 101.8 44.5 ± 2.5 111.3
80 82.7 ± 2.1 103.4 80.0 ± 4.6 100.0 80.0 ± 4.6 100.0
GAT 0
5 5.6 ± 0.3 111.7 4.5 ± 0.4 89.6 4.7 ± 0.3 94.7
40 43.6 ± 2.5 108.9 40.5 ± 2.0 101.3 41.3 ± 1.1 103.1
80 85.4 ± 0.6 106.8 81.1 ± 3.3 101.4 81.1 ± 3.3 101.4

ENO: enoxacin sesquihydrate; LVFX: levofloxacin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; LOM: lomefloxacin; GAT: gatifloxacin; −: not detected.