SummaryThe potential of a non-aqueous, capillary electrophoresis (NACE) system for separating oxytetracycline from three of its impurities -tetracycline, 4-epioxytetracycline and 4-epitetracycline -using UV detection has been studied. The running bufferwas: 25 mM sodium acetate, 1 mM EDTA, methanesu Ironic acid, pH 4, dissolved in MeOH- ACN (50:50, v/v). The method was also used to determine these compounds in pig plasma. A solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure as a clean-up step has also developed. For this we tested Sep Pak Cl8, LiChrolut EN and OASIS cartridges. OASIS cartridges were best. Recoveries were 90 -100% for all compounds except EOTC which had a recovery of 74%.