PMID- 20188931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100520 LR - 20131121 IS - 1873-3573 (Electronic) IS - 0039-9140 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 1-2 DP - 2010 Apr 15 TI - Determination of 19 sulfonamides in environmental water samples by automated on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC-MS/MS). PG - 355-66 LID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.12.009 [doi] AB - The present study describes the development, validation and a practical application of a fully automated analytical method based on on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC-MS/MS) for the simultaneous determination of 19 sulfonamides, including one acetylated metabolite, in different water matrices. MS/MS detection was carried out in a quadrupole-linear ion trap (QqLIT) mass analyzer. Target compounds were identified in the selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode, recording two transitions between precursor ions and the two most abundant product ions. The method developed was applied to evaluate the occurrence of the target antibiotics in different water samples: influent and effluent water from waste water treatment plants (WWTP), ground water and surface water. Under optimal conditions, the method detection limits achieved were in the range 0.05-7.84 ng/L for WWTP influent water, 0.01-6.90 ng/L for WWTP effluent water, 0.02-5.13 ng/L for ground water and 0.02-4.52 ng/L for surface water samples. The instrumental repeatability, expressed as RSD, was usually below 10% for the different water matrices. Results showed the wide presence of sulfonamides in the four types of water, including one acetylated metabolite, with maximum concentrations up to 855 ng/L corresponding to sulfapyridine in an influent waste water sample near a densely populated urban area. CI - (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Garcia-Galan, M Jesus AU - Garcia-Galan MJ AD - Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Diaz-Cruz, M Silvia AU - Diaz-Cruz MS FAU - Barcelo, Damia AU - Barcelo D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091216 PL - Netherlands TA - Talanta JT - Talanta JID - 2984816R RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - *Environment MH - *Online Systems MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Rivers/chemistry MH - *Solid Phase Extraction MH - Solvents/chemistry MH - Sulfonamides/*analysis/*isolation & purification/metabolism MH - *Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Waste Disposal, Fluid MH - Water/*chemistry EDAT- 2010/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/21 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/02 06:00 PHST- 2009/07/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/12/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/21 06:00 [medline] AID - S0039-9140(09)00958-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.12.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Talanta. 2010 Apr 15;81(1-2):355-66. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.12.009. Epub 2009 Dec 16.