{"title":"Chromatographic determination of volatile solvents and their metabolites in urine for monitoring occupational exposure.","authors":"A Astier","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80575-s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80575-s","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The determination of volatile solvents and their metabolites in biological materials such as expired air, blood or urine allows the estimation of the degree of exposure of these chemicals. Chromatographic methods are now universally employed for this purpose and numerous analytical procedures are available for the determination of the most commonly used volatile solvents and their metabolites in urine. GC methods appear well adapted to the determination of the parent volatile solvents in blood and urine and may be used for the determination of their urinary metabolites, but these methods often require several prechromatographic steps. However, HPLC is becoming a powerful tool for the accurate and easy determination of urinary metabolites of volatile solvents, considering its decisive advantages for routine monitoring. Further, recent developments in HPLC could widen the usefulness of this method for most complex analytical problems that could be encountered during this measurement. However, despite the relative neglect of planar chromatography in this area of concern and considering the great interest in methods that could permit the simultaneous assay of numerous samples often required by routine monitoring, new approach using improved methods such as overpressured TLC could be very fruitful in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"389-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80575-s","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19347370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chromatographic techniques used to determine benz[c]acridines in environmental samples.","authors":"N Motohashi, K Kamata, R Meyer","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80535-g","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80535-g","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Benz[c]acridine and many of its related compounds have been shown to exhibit carcinogenic activity. Unfortunately, these compounds are continually being found in many natural and environmental samples in widely divergent geographical locations. A review of chromatographic methods for mainly benz[c]acridine and its analogues is presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80535-g","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19345351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P D Nichols, R Leeming, M S Rayner, V Latham, N J Ashbolt, C Turner
{"title":"Comparison of the abundance of the fecal sterol coprostanol and fecal bacterial groups in inner-shelf waters and sediments near Sydney, Australia.","authors":"P D Nichols, R Leeming, M S Rayner, V Latham, N J Ashbolt, C Turner","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80552-j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80552-j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concurrent measurement of the sewage tracer coprostanol and fecal indicator bacteria were made for water and sediments collected in January 1992 from coastal waters off Sydney, Australia. The coprostanol results were compared with data from an earlier survey conducted in 1989 before the commisioning of Sydney's deepwater ocean outfalls in 1990 and 1991. Good correlations were observed for both water and sediment samples between coprostanol and the two fecal indicator organisms, fecal coliforms and Clostridium perfringens spores, thereby validating the use of coprostanol as a sewage signature in this environment. For sediments, most inner-shelf sites (1-10 km offshore) showed an increase in the concentration of coprostanol between the two surveys. The areas of highest concentration have been shifted further off-shore, to zones adjacent to the diffusers.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"189-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80552-j","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19345354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and furans from municipal waste incinerator emissions in The Netherlands: analytical methods and levels in the environment and human food chain.","authors":"A P de Jong, A K Liem, R Hoogerbrugge","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80544-i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80544-i","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An overview is given of the methods that have been used in the study of polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorodibenzofurans in agriculture and the human food chain in a national survey and monitoring programme, including sampling strategies, sampling in the field and clean-up and analysis in various biological and environmental samples by high-resolution gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry. The quality of data was evaluated as a result of internal quality control protocols and participation in interlaboratory comparison studies. Statistical analysis techniques and modelling were applied in order to compare and relate congener profiles in various matrices and to evaluate levels found in field studies for their use for regulatory purposes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"91-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80544-i","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19347374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solid-phase extraction followed by high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis for monitoring herbicides in drinking water.","authors":"A Balinova","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80554-l","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80554-l","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A multiresidue analytical method based on C18 solid-phase extraction and one-run HPLC determination has been developed for the analysis of eleven acidic, neutral and weak basic herbicides in drinking water. A 1-1 sample of water was preconcentrated by passage through a 500-mg C18 solid phase extraction column. The retained compounds were eluted from the column with 1 ml of methanol. After concentration of the extract the pesticides were separated and quantified by reversed-phase HPLC with UV detection. Bentazone, 2,4-D, MCPA, fluazifop-acid, metoxuron, monolinuron, metobromuron, diuron, linuron, atrazine and simazine were determined simultaneously in a single run on a C18 HPLC column. Reanalyses of the sample extracts on a second cyano column were used to confirm the identity of the neutral and basic compounds. The limit of determination, defined as four times the baseline noise, varied between 0.01 microgram/l and 0.1 microgram/l depending on the compound, the detection sensitivity of the instrument and the type of HPLC column used.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"203-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80554-l","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19345355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Di Muccio, R Dommarco, D Attard Barbini, A Santilio, S Girolimetti, A Ausili, M Ventriglia, T Generali, L Vergori
{"title":"Application of solid-phase partition cartridges in the determination of fungicide residues in vegetable samples.","authors":"A Di Muccio, R Dommarco, D Attard Barbini, A Santilio, S Girolimetti, A Ausili, M Ventriglia, T Generali, L Vergori","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80572-p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80572-p","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disposable, ready-to-use cartridges filled with a macroporous diatomaceous material are used to extract in a single step fungicide residues with dichloromethane from aqueous acetone extracts of vegetables. This procedure takes the place of some functions (such as separating funnel partition, drying over anhydrous sodium sulphate and clean-up) usually performed by separate steps in classical schemes. Fourteen fungicides (dichloran, vinclozolin, chlorthalonil, triadimefon, dichlofluanide, procymidone, hexaconazole, captan, folpet, ditalimfos, iprodione, captafol, pyrazophos and fenarimol) were determined using the described procedure with recoveries between 83 and 107% at spiking levels ranging for the different compounds from 0.04 to 0.40 mg/kg. Crops subjected to the described procedure included lettuce, strawberry, apple, yellow pepper and peach, and gave extracts containing a mass of co-extractives between 5 and 30 mg. Compared with classical schemes, the described procedure is simple, less labour intensive, allows parallel handling of several extracts and does not require preparation and maintenance of equipment. Troublesome emulsions such as those frequently observed in separating funnel partitioning do not occur.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"363-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80572-p","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19347367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pollutants in drinking water and waste water.","authors":"H F Schröder","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80547-l","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80547-l","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extracts of drinking water and effluents from municipal and industrial sewage treatment plants were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and by high-performance liquid chromatography combined with ultraviolet and/or mass spectrometric detection. After column chromatography or flow-injection analysis bypassing the analytical column, ionization was performed by a thermospray interface. Identification of the pollutants was carried out by tandem mass spectrometry, generating daughter-ion spectra by collision-induced dissociation. Most pollutants in drinking water and in the effluents of waste water treatment plants are surface-active compounds of anthropogenic origin or their biochemical degradation products. Difficulties encountered during separation, detection and identification are presented and discussed and techniques for solving these problems are proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"145-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80547-l","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19345353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of paraquat in rat brain by high-performance liquid chromatography.","authors":"M T Corasaniti, G Nisticò","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80578-v","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80578-v","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The applications of a method based on ion-pair solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase HPLC are reported. The method was used to measure paraquat concentrations in discrete brain areas at different times after its systemic administration in rats. In addition, the method was employed in the determination of paraquat levels in whole-brain samples from rats of various ages systemically treated with several doses of the herbicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"643 1-2","pages":"419-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80578-v","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19347373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Onodera, A Nagatsuka, T Rokuhara, T Asakura, N Hirayama, S Suzuki
{"title":"Re-evaluation of solid-phase adsorption and desorption techniques for isolation of trace organic pollutants from chlorinated water.","authors":"S Onodera, A Nagatsuka, T Rokuhara, T Asakura, N Hirayama, S Suzuki","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80086-n","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80086-n","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Amberlite XAD resin and activated carbon columns were tested for their abilities to concentrate trace organic pollutants in chlorinated water. Both XAD-2 and XAD-7 resin columns (20 ml) were capable of adsorbing about 30% of total organic halogen (TOX) present in 20 l of drinking water (pH 7) containing about 100 micrograms/l of TOX, whereas the carbon column (10 ml) adsorbed over 90% of TOX. The adsorption capacity of XAD-7 resin was found to be strongly dependent on the solution pH, as compared with those of XAD-2 and carbon adsorbents. Soxhlet and sonication extractions were also evaluated for their abilities to recover the adsorbed organics from the adsorbents, by measurements of TOX, chromatographable compounds and mutagenicity in the eluates. Soxhlet extraction gave higher recoveries than sonication, as measured with the above indices, but these differences were generally small (ca. 20%), with exception of the carbon extracts. The XAD-2 and XAD-7 extracts of drinking water also showed about 3-4 times higher mutagenic activity than the carbon extracts.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"642 1-2","pages":"185-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80086-n","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19352177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solid-phase extraction in multi-residue pesticide analysis of water.","authors":"G Font, J Mañes, J C Moltó, Y Picó","doi":"10.1016/0021-9673(93)80083-k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80083-k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The determination of pesticides in water is fundamental to the solution of environmental problems as natural waters are usually contaminated with a large number of pesticides. The selection of an isolation and/or concentration technique depends largely on the class of pesticides to be determined. It is often necessary to determine simultaneously a wide variety of compounds in a water sample. Application of solid-phase extraction techniques offers a solution. The mechanisms of solid-phase extraction, types of sorbents and their application to multi-residue pesticide analysis are reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15508,"journal":{"name":"Journal of chromatography","volume":"642 1-2","pages":"135-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80083-k","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19352176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}