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Table 2 Detection rates of drug residues in mother’s milk according to their groups and nomenclature

From: Unexpected drug residuals in human milk in Ankara, capital of Turkey

Residue drug groups

n (%)

Positive residue drugs

Residues, not found in breast milk

   

n (%)

Antiinflammatory

27 (30.0)

5-OH Flunixin

2 (2.2)

Phenylbutazone

Chlormadinone

1 (1.1)

 

Metamizole

1 (1.1)

 

Tolfenamic acid

27 (30.0)

 

Meloxicam

1 (1.1)

 

Diaminopirimidine

1 (1.1)

Baquiloprim

1 (1.1)

 

Trimethoprim

1 (1.1)

 

Aminoglycoside

28 (31.1)

Spectinomycin

27 (30.0)

Tobramycin

Streptomycin

1 (1.1)

Apramycin

Neomisin

1 (1.1)

Hygromycin B

Gentamisin

1 (1.1)

Kanamycin

Quinolone

85 (94.4)

Quinoloneb

85 (94.4)

 

Lincosamide

3 (3.3)

Lincomycin

3 (3.3)

Pirlimycin

Sulphonamide

2 (2.2)

Sulphonamides

1 (1.1)

Sulphapyridine,

Sulphamethazine

1 (1.1)

Sulphaguanidine

Dapsone

1 (1.1)

 

Macrolide

1 (1.1)

Tylosin

1 (1.1)

Erythromycin, Spiramycin

Penicillin

84 (93.3)

Beta-Lactamsa

84 (93.3)

 

Corticosteroid

3 (3.3)

Methylprednisolone

3 (3.3)

Dexamethasone

Amphenicol

2 (2.2)

Amphenicol

2 (2.2)

 

Aminocoumarin

1 (1.1)

Novobiocin

1 (1.1)

 

Antiparasitic

3 (3.3)

Nitroxynil

3 (3.3)

 

Polymixin

12 (13.3)

Polymixin

12 (13.3)

 

Naphthalene ringed ansamycins

0 (0.0)

  

Rifaximin

Streptogramins

0 (0.0)

  

Virginiamycin

Growth Promoter

0 (0.0)

  

Ractopamine

Polypeptide

0 (0.0)

  

Bacitracin

Tetracycline

0 (0.0)

  

Tetracycline

Cefalosporin

0 (0.0)

  

Cefalexin, Cefuroxime

  1. a“Beta-lactams assay” includes “penicillin compounds (ampicillin, amoxicillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, penicillin G, penicillin V and nafcillin) and cephalosporin compounds (cefacetril, cefapirin, cefalonium, cefazolin, ceforperazone, cefquinome and ceftiofur)” with detection limit of 0.35–25.00 ppb
  2. b“Quinolones assay” includes “ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, difloxacin, enrofloxacin, flumequine, marbofloaxacin and oxolinic acid” with detection limit of 12.5–22.5 ppb