PMID- 27344558 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161221 LR - 20181202 IS - 1573-2959 (Electronic) IS - 0167-6369 (Linking) VI - 188 IP - 7 DP - 2016 Jul TI - Determination of steroidal oestrogens in tap water samples using solid-phase extraction on a molecularly imprinted polymer sorbent and quantification with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). PG - 433 LID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5435-8 [doi] AB - An analytical method was established and validated for the analysis of steroidal oestrogens in tap water samples. Gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) and gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) were used for the identification/quantification of selected compounds and the analytical performance of these techniques was evaluated. Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) with a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) stationary phase that was highly selective for oestrogens were used for the extraction of 100-mL aliquots of water samples. The recoveries of analytes with the described methods ranged from 92 to 114 %, while the repeatability in terms of relative standard deviations (RSDs) was in the range from 2.1 to 15.2 % (n = 5). It was concluded that SPE with MIP that was highly selective for oestrogens in combination with GC-HRMS detection is more preferable for the analysis of oestrogens in tap water samples. The typical oestrogen, 17beta-estradiol (17beta-E2), was detected above the method limit of quantification (m-LOQ) in 5 of 14 analysed tap water samples at concentrations from 0.09 to 0.15 ng L(-1). Despite that 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (17alpha-EE2) was not quantified in this study above m-LOQ, the presence of this chemical was qualitatively confirmed in some of the analysed samples. FAU - Zacs, D AU - Zacs D AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia. dzintars.zachs@gmail.com. FAU - Perkons, I AU - Perkons I AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia. FAU - Bartkevics, V AU - Bartkevics V AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160625 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Monit Assess JT - Environmental monitoring and assessment JID - 8508350 RN - 0 (Drinking Water) RN - 0 (Estrogens) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 423D2T571U (Ethinyl Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Gas MH - Drinking Water/*chemistry MH - Environmental Monitoring/*methods MH - Estrogens/*analysis MH - Ethinyl Estradiol/*analysis MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods MH - Limit of Detection MH - Liquid-Liquid Extraction/methods MH - Molecular Imprinting MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Solid Phase Extraction/methods MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry OT - Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry OT - Molecularly imprinted polymer OT - Solid-phase extraction OT - Steroidal oestrogens EDAT- 2016/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/22 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/27 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5435-8 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10661-016-5435-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Monit Assess. 2016 Jul;188(7):433. doi: 10.1007/s10661-016-5435-8. Epub 2016 Jun 25.