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Part-per-trillion determination of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and related organic contaminants in river water by solid-phase extraction followed by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20038094     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An analytical procedure based on comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) for the simultaneous determination of 97 organic contaminants at trace concentration in river water is presented. The target analytes included 13 pharmaceuticals, 18 plasticizers, 8 personal care products, 9 acid herbicides, 8 triazines, 10 organophosphorous compounds, 5 phenylureas, 12 organochlorine biocides, 9 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and 5 benzothiazoles and benzotriazoles. The best resolution of the target analytes in the contour plots was obtained when a nonpolar stationary phase was used in the first dimension and polar one in the second. However, in the opposite configuration, polar-nonpolar, the retention time in the second dimension exhibited a strong correlation with the log Kow (p < 0.01), and it was proposed as an additional identification criteria. The developed methodology is based on a polymeric solid-phase extraction followed by in GC-port methylation and GC x GC/TOF-MS determination. Moreover, limits of detection (LODs) and quantification (LOQs) ranged from 0.5 to 100 ng/L and from 2 to 185 ng/L, respectively. Repeatability was always lower than 20%. Finally, the developed method has been successfully applied to the determination of incurred target analytes in four river waters subjected to a different anthropogenic pressure.
Authors:
V?ctor Matamoros; Eric Jover; Josep M Bayona
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Analytical chemistry     Volume:  82     ISSN:  1520-6882     ISO Abbreviation:  Anal. Chem.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-14     Completed Date:  2010-03-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370536     Medline TA:  Anal Chem     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  699-706     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Spain. victor.matamoros@udg.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Environmental Monitoring
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods*
Limit of Detection
Pesticides / analysis*,  chemistry,  isolation & purification
Pharmaceutical Preparations / analysis*,  chemistry,  isolation & purification
Rivers / chemistry*
Solid Phase Extraction / methods*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*,  chemistry,  isolation & purification
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Pesticides; 0/Pharmaceutical Preparations; 0/Water Pollutants, Chemical

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