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Title
Improved sample preparation method for selected persistent organochlorine pollutants in human serum using solid-phase disk extraction with gas chromatographic analysis
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Abstract
An improved solid-phase extraction (SPE) method was developed to isolate and concentrate trace levels of selected POPs (persistent organochlorine pollutants) in human serum prior to GC-NIS in SIM mode or GC-ECD quantitation. The extraction involves denaturation of serum proteins with formic acid, SPE using C-18 Empore(TM) disk cartridges, followed by elimination of lipid interferences using a sulfuric acid wash of the eluate. Use of the SPE disk improved assay throughput and gave a cleaner analytical matrix compared with previously reported solid-phase and liquid-liquid extraction techniques. The extraction method provided consistent recoveries at three fortification levels using C-13(12) PCB 149 as internal standard. Recoveries ranged from 48 to 140% for organochlorine pesticides (6.25, 12.5 and 25 ng/ml) and 71 to 126% for polychlorinated biphenyls (0.625, 1.25 and 2.5 ng/ml). (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of chromatography : biomedical applications. - Amsterdam, 1977 - 1993
Journal of chromatography : B: biomedical sciences and applications. - Amsterdam, 1997 - 2001
Publication
Amsterdam : Elsevier , 1999
ISSN
0378-4347 [print]
1872-812X [online]
DOI
10.1016/S0378-4347(98)00493-9
Volume/pages
723 :1-2 (1999) , p. 117-125
ISI
000078700800013
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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