Journal of Chromatography A
Journal of Chromatography A
5 years ago

Utilization of large volume zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography for the analysis of polar pharmaceuticals in aqueous environmental samples: Benefits and limitations

Benefits and limitations of HILIC were studied for the analysis of extreme polar organic contaminants in aqueous environmental matrices. A sensitive analytical method was developed and validated for the detection of 11 pharmaceuticals, 15 pharmaceutical metabolites and transformation products and the artificial sweetener acesulfame in aqueous environmental samples. The analytical method consisted of a simple and non-specific sample preparation based on freeze-drying followed by detection with large injection volume (70 μL) zwitterionic HILIC-ESI-MS/MS. Robustness studies showed a high sensitivity of the retention times and peak shapes to variations of the acetonitrile/water ratio of both the eluent and the diluent. Thus, a thorough sample and eluent preparation is required to obtain reproducible results. Extreme matrix effects of >200% were observed for emtricitabine and acyclovir, which could be traced to the co-elution of nitrate and chloride, respectively. These matrix effects and those of other analytes could be efficiently compensated by using deuterated, 13C and 15N-labeled internal standards. The developed method was able to detect the selected 27 analytes in treated wastewater, surface water and groundwater down to limit of quantification (LOQ) in the lower ng/L range. Appreciable concentrations were detected, ranging up to 110 μg/L (guanyl urea) in treated wastewater, up to 5.1 μg/L (oxipurinol) in surface water and up to 6.1 μg/L (acesulfame) in groundwater. In a German drinking water, only the X-ray contrast medium diatrizoate and the artificial sweetener acesulfame were quantified above LOQ with 0.19 μg/L and 0.35 μg/L, respectively.

Publisher URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science

DOI: S0021967317317995

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