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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Haljasorg, Tõiv
• Saame, Jaan
• Kipper, Karin
• Teearu, Anu
• Herodes, Koit
• Reinik, Mari
• Leito, Ivo

Titel

Alternative Eluent Composition for LC-MS Analysis of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Raw Fish Samples

Ist Teil von

• Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2014-06, Vol.62 (23), p.5259-5268

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A wide range of anthropogenic pollutants that possess serious environmental and health risks are known. One type of these harmful substances that have become a focus of interest during the past decade are perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), which are extensively used in industry for different purposes. Due to the harmful effects that these compounds might cause in living organisms, EFSA and EU CONTAM panel have issued a monitoring program for PFAAs in foodstuffs. This has given rise to intense research dedicated to the analysis of PFAAs over the past few years. This work focuses on chromatographic analysis of three PFAAs in fish. The analytes, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), are commonly associated with the production of fluoropolymers. Fluorinated alcohols are used as eluent components, and their possible advantages as eluent modifiers in LC-MS analysis of PFAAs, alternative retention mechanism and enhanced ionization efficiency, are examined. The analyzed fish samples originating from Estonian fresh and marine waters had low contents of PFAAs.