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Development of a modified acetonitrile-based extraction procedure followed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of psychiatric drugs in sediments.

Authors :
Santos LHMLM
Ramalhosa MJ
Ferreira M
Delerue-Matos C
Source :
Journal of chromatography. A [J Chromatogr A] 2016 Mar 11; Vol. 1437, pp. 37-48. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 04.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

An analytical method based on a modified Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe (QuEChERS) extraction procedure followed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) was developed for the analysis of psychiatric drugs in sediments. An optimized approach was applied in sample preparation by using basic acetonitrile as extraction solvent. Extraction was followed by a clean-up using dispersive solid phase extraction (dSPE) to remove matrix interfering compounds. The analytical method was validated in terms of sensitivity, linearity, recovery, intra- and inter-day precisions and method detection and quantification limits. Under optimized conditions, limits of detection ranged from 0.01ngg(-1) to 2.08ngg(-1); and recoveries between 47 and 110% with relative standard deviation (RSD) below 5%. The developed methodology was applied to sediments of two Portuguese rivers (Douro and Lima rivers) and nine out of eleven psychiatric drugs were detected in sediments at concentrations up to 26.4ngg(-1) (dry weight). To the best of our knowledge, it was the first time that the human metabolites norfluoxetine and norsertraline were detected in river sediments at levels of few nanograms per gram.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1873-3778
Volume :
1437
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of chromatography. A
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26879455
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2016.01.079