PMID- 23357749 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130722 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1280 DP - 2013 Mar 8 TI - On-line solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of 17 cytostatics and metabolites in waste, surface and ground water samples. PG - 64-74 LID - S0021-9673(13)00102-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.01.031 [doi] AB - A fully automated on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC-MS/MS) method has been developed for the determination of 13 cytostatics and 4 metabolites in aqueous matrices, including groundwater, surface water, and raw and treated wastewater. On-line SPE is performed by loading 5 mL of water sample at pH 2 through a PLRP-s cartridge. MS/MS is performed with an electrospray (ESI) interface operating in the positive ion mode and registering two selected reaction monitoring (SRM) transitions per compound. Quantification is carried out by the isotope dilution method using 15 different isotope-labelled compounds, specific for the target analytes, as internal standards (IS). The main advantages of the method are high sensitivity, with limits of determination in groundwater, surface water, and raw and treated wastewater below 5 ng L(-1) for all compounds except for gemcitabine (6.9-9.3 ng L(-1)), temozolomide (26-50 ng L(-1)), imatinib (80-180 ng L(-1)) and etoposide (38-65 ng L(-1)), repeatability, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) in most cases below 15%, and selectivity and reliability of results. The method is also fairly simple and fast, with an analysis time per sample (excluding the manual steps, i.e., sample filtration, pH adjustment, and addition of IS) of 40 min. Application of the method to influent wastewater samples collected daily during eight consecutive days from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) from Catalonia showed the presence of methotrexate, ifosfamide, capecitabine, tamoxifen and 6(alpha)-hydroxypaclitaxel but at fairly low concentrations (up to 43 ng L(-1)). CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Negreira, Noelia AU - Negreira N AD - Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Lopez de Alda, Miren AU - Lopez de Alda M FAU - Barcelo, Damia AU - Barcelo D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130114 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Cytostatic Agents) RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - Cytostatic Agents/*analysis/chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Groundwater/chemistry MH - Limit of Detection MH - Linear Models MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Solid Phase Extraction/*methods MH - Spain MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Wastewater/chemistry MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/chemistry/isolation & purification EDAT- 2013/01/30 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/23 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/30 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0021-9673(13)00102-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.01.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2013 Mar 8;1280:64-74. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.01.031. Epub 2013 Jan 14.