PMID- 30251503 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181018 LR - 20181018 IS - 1872-2059 (Electronic) IS - 1000-8713 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 8 DP - 2018 Aug 8 TI - [Determination of 16 phthalate acid esters in infant formula by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry]. PG - 786-794 LID - 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2018.03010 [doi] AB - A method was established for the determination of 16 phthalate acid esters (PAEs) in infant formula by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). PAEs in infant formula samples were homogenized by deionized water, extracted with acetonitrile, and purified by a solid-phase extraction (SPE) method using primary secondary amine (PSA) sorbents. The separation was performed on a DB-5 MS UI (30 mx0.25 mmx0.25 mum) capillary column. Effects of different elution solvents on alumina/PSA and PSA SPE columns were investigated. Fair recoveries of 16 PAEs were achieved on the PSA column upon elution by mixed n-hexane-acetone (60:40, v/v). All the 16 PAEs were quantified by matrix-matched isotopic-dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS); the 16 PAEs showed linear relationships in the concentration range of 0.01-2.0 mg/kg with linear coefficients (R(2)) greater than 0.9996. The limits of detection (LODs) and quantification (LOQs) were in the range of 0.15-2.5 mug/kg and 0.50-8.33 mug/kg, respectively. The recoveries of the 16 PAEs, obtained using the IDMS method, were 96.1%-104.0% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) lower than 3.3% (n=5). These results established the method described here as sensitive and precise for the simultaneous determination of 16 PAEs in infant formula, even at trace concentrations. FAU - Xu, Bingbing AU - Xu B AD - School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China. AD - Division of Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Li, Xiaomin AU - Li X AD - Division of Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Zhang, Qinghe AU - Zhang Q AD - Division of Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Zhu, Weihuang AU - Zhu W AD - School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Se Pu JT - Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography JID - 9424804 RN - 0 (Esters) RN - 0 (Phthalic Acids) RN - 6O7F7IX66E (phthalic acid) SB - IM MH - Esters/*analysis MH - Food Contamination/*analysis MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Infant Formula/*analysis MH - Limit of Detection MH - Phthalic Acids/*analysis MH - Solid Phase Extraction MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry OTO - NOTNLM OT - gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) OT - infant formula OT - isotopic-dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) OT - phthalate acid esters (PAEs) OT - solid-phase extraction (SPE) EDAT- 2018/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/20 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2018.03010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Se Pu. 2018 Aug 8;36(8):786-794. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2018.03010.