Phenolic compounds in surface water : methodology and occurrence in Doce River, Brazil

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Phenolic compounds are widely spread in surface water, mainly in developing countries, where sewage and wastewater treatment are still reduced. Thus, this work quantified these pollutants in the Doce River analyzing the associated risk for the environment and human health. This river is in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil and was recently impacted by the collapse of a mining dam that compromised the resilience of the entire watershed. For that purpose, a methodology for simultaneous identification and quantification of 17 different phenols was developed. It was possible to verify phenolic compounds' occurrence with concentration ranging from 0.13 to 24.16 µg·L-1. 2-Nitrophenol and bisphenol A appeared in all samples analyzed. The analytical method was processed using solid-phase extraction (SPE) (C18 cartridge), gas chromatography with FID, and mass spectrometry to define the analytes' retention time. For case validation, the selectivity, linearity, detection and quantification limits, sensitivity, precision, accuracy, resolution, matrix effect, and peak quality were assessed. Four different solvents were tested in the recovery-grade trials, which were dichloromethane, methanol, acetonitrile, and ethyl acetate. Among them, methanol had a better performance and was used throughout all analyses. The phenolic compounds had a recovery degree higher than 50% after SPE, regardless of the matrices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

Environmental monitoring and assessment - 193(2021), 10 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 687

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramos, Ramatisa Ladeia [VerfasserIn]
Lebron, Yuri Abner Rocha [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, Victor Rezende [VerfasserIn]
de Souza Santos, Lucilaine Valéria [VerfasserIn]
Amaral, Míriam Cristina Santos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Gas chromatography
Journal Article
Phenolic compounds
Phenols
Solid-phase extraction
Surface water
Validation case
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 05.10.2021

Date Revised 05.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10661-021-09420-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331429233