Urinary metabolites of phthalates and di-iso-nonyl cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate (DINCH)-Czech mothers' and newborns' exposure biomarkers

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To assess human exposure to hazardous diesters of phthalic acid and their substitute di-iso-nonyl cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate (DINCH), concentrations of their metabolites in urine should be determined. For the purpose of this biomonitoring study, a quick and easy sample preparation procedure for the simultaneous determination of eight phthalate and four DINCH metabolites in urine has been implemented and validated. Following the enzymatic hydrolysis and dilution with methanol, the sample is ready for the analysis by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). The limits of quantification of this method ranged from 0.15 to 0.4 ng/mL urine with recoveries of 60-126% and repeatability in the range of 1-11%. The validated method was subsequently used for the analysis of urine samples collected from mothers and their newborn children living in two localities of the Czech Republic (Karvina and Ceske Budejovice, 2013-2014). Median concentrations of all measured metabolites (∑metabolites) were slightly lower in the urine samples collected from children (77.7 ng/mL urine) compared to their mothers (115.3 ng/mL urine), but no correlation was found between the concentrations of target compounds in children's and mothers' urine samples. The analyte with the highest concentration was monobutyl phthalate (MBP), with the median concentration of 32.1 ng/mL urine in the urine samples collected from mothers and 17.2 ng/mL urine in the samples collected from their children. This compound was also found in almost all of the measured samples. On the other hand, mono-isononyl-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate (MINCH) was not found in any urine sample. The most contaminated samples were collected from children living in the Karvina locality (median ∑metabolites 103.2 ng/mL urine), where the mono (2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (cx-MEHP) compound contributed 43% to the total content of phthalate metabolites in newborns' urine. The results from our study are comparable with concentrations of the target compounds from Norway and Germany and lower compared to the results concluded in Sweden.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:173

Enthalten in:

Environmental research - 173(2019) vom: 01. Juni, Seite 342-348

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Urbancova, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Lankova, Darina [VerfasserIn]
Sram, Radim J [VerfasserIn]
Hajslova, Jana [VerfasserIn]
Pulkrabova, Jana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Biomonitoring
Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
Cyclohexanes
DINCH
Dicarboxylic Acids
Diisononyl 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid
Journal Article
Metabolites
Phthalates
Phthalic Acids
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
UHPLC–MS/MS

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Date Completed 23.12.2019

Date Revised 23.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envres.2019.03.067

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295755091