OPEs-ID : A software for non-targeted screening of organophosphate esters based on liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry

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Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are widely used as flame retardants and plasticizers, presenting a potential threat to the environment and human health. To date, no automatic software exists for the nontargeted screening of OPEs. In this study, OPEs-ID, a user-friendly software, was developed for the identification of OPEs using liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry. The main workflow of OPEs-ID included fragments-dependent precursor ion screening, elemental composition determination, extracted ion chromatograms (EIC) comparison, and molecular structure identification via MetFrag strategy. A mixture of 17 OPE standards was identified with an identification rate of 100% by OPEs-ID. OPEs-ID demonstrated a rate of 94.1% for correctly ranking within the top 1 candidate in a local database (41.2% in PubChem) for the 17 OPE standards, which remarkably improved the identification when compared to conventional in silico fragmentation algorithms. Using a pooled airborne fine particle sample (PM2.5), OPEs-ID could automatically retrieve 22 valid molecules with structure candidates. The detection frequencies of 9 newly identified OPEs were between 13% and 100% in the 32 PM2.5 samples. Their semi-quantification concentrations were comparable to those of some traditional OPEs. Overall, OPEs-ID offers a powerful tool to significantly enrich our understanding of the OPEs present in the environment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:465

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 465(2024) vom: 05. Feb., Seite 133275

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiong, Yinran [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jinyue [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Da [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tiantian [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Fengli [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaotu [VerfasserIn]
Du, Yiping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fragments-dependent screening
In silico fragmentation
Isotopic pattern matching
Journal Article
LC-HRMS
Organophosphate esters (OPEs)

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Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133275

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366484591