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Fan C, Wang C, Zhao B, Cai Z, Wang Q, Hao L, Wang Z, Wu Q, Wang C. Preparation of ionic porous polymers for extraction of four phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals from fish and water samples. Food Chem 2024; 449:139270. [PMID: 38636285 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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In this paper, series of ionic polymers were synthesized by crosslinking alkyl quaternary ammonium salts with 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)benzene. Among them, hyper-crosslinked polymer fabricated with dodecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (HCP-DD) as monomer delivered superior adsorption performance for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The adsorption mechanism mainly includes π-π stacking, hydrophobic and electrostatic interaction. With HCP-DD as solid phase extraction sorbent, a high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection method was developed for the detection of four phenolic EDCs in water and fish samples. The detection limits of the method were 0.005-0.02 ng mL-1 for water samples and 3-30 ng g-1 for fish samples. The recoveries of EDCs in water samples and fish samples were 80-119% and 81.3-117% (relative standard deviations <4.4%), respectively. The study not only provides a route for preparation ionic porous polymers, but also highlights the applications of ionic polymers as efficient adsorbent to enrich organic pollutants.
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- Chengcheng Fan
- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhang, Hebei 050018, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China.
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Hu X, Liu L, Peng M, Zheng D, Xia H, Zhou Y, Peng L, Peng X. One-Pot Preparation of Mixed-Mode Reversed-Phase Anion-Exchange Silica Sorbent and its Application in the Detection of Cyclopiazonic Acid in Feeds and Agricultural Products. Foods 2024; 13:1499. [PMID: 38790799 PMCID: PMC11119939 DOI: 10.3390/foods13101499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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A novel co-bonded octyl and pyridine silica (OPS) sorbent was prepared and applied for the solid phase extraction (SPE) of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA, a type of mycotoxin) in feed and agricultural products for the first time. A simple mixed-ligand one-pot reaction strategy was employed for OPS sorbent preparation. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements, elemental analysis (EI), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis demonstrated the successful immobilization of octyl and quaternary ammonium groups onto the surface of silica gel. The large specific surface area, high-density functional groups, and mixed-mode anion-exchange characteristics of these silica particles made them the ideal material for the efficient extraction of CPA. Additionally, the OPS sorbents displayed excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility, satisfactory reusability, and low cost. The SPE parameters were optimized to explore the ionic and hydrophobic interactions between CPA and the functional groups, and the ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple-quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) parameters were optimized to obtain a desirable extraction efficiency and high sensitivity to CPA. Meanwhile, the OPS sorbent presented a satisfactory extraction selectivity and low matrix effect. Under the optimized conditions, our developed CPA detection method was used to determine CPA level in rice, wheat flour, corn flour, peanut, and feed samples, exhibiting a lower detection limit, better linearity, higher sensitivity, and satisfactory extraction recovery rate than previously reported methods. Therefore, our method can be preferentially used as a method for the detection of CPA in agricultural products and feeds.
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- Xuan Hu
- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (X.H.); (L.L.); (M.P.); (D.Z.); (H.X.); (Y.Z.)
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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Clivillé-Cabré P, Lacorte S, Borrull F, Fontanals N, Marcé RM. Evaluation of ceramic passive samplers using a mixed-mode strong cation-exchange sorbent to monitor polar contaminants in river water. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1708:464348. [PMID: 37708670 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Although most of the analytical methods developed for the monitoring of contaminants in environmental waters are based on discrete grab sampling, an alternative of increasing interest is the use of passive sampling. Methods based on passive sampling provide the sampling and pre-concentration of the analytes in-situ, which makes the sample treatment less time consuming and costly than using discrete grab sampling. In this study, ceramic passive samplers (CPSs) using mixed-mode strong cation-exchange sorbent (Oasis MCX) as retention phase were evaluated for the determination of a group of 21 therapeutic and illicit drugs and some of their metabolites in river water samples that were determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. After assessing the stability of the analytes, the CPSs were calibrated for 9 days with bottled water and river water, obtaining, for the 19 stable compounds, sample rates (Rs) ranging between 0.180 and 1.767 mL/day and diffusion coefficients (De) between 2.02E-8 and 2.81E-7 cm2/s. Once calibrated, CPSs were deployed for the determination of contaminants in the Ebre River, with good reproducibility, and some of the analytes were determined, including amongst others, gabapentin at 76 ng/L, caffeine at 203 ng/L or diclofenac amine at 57 ng/L. The passive sampling method herein presented is simple and feasible and allows the time-integrated analysis of pharmaceuticals and drugs at trace levels in river water. This study opens the possibility of using other mixed-mode sorbents or other types of sorbents as retaining phase on CPSs for the determination of very polar contaminants in water.
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- Pol Clivillé-Cabré
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Sescelades Campus, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Zhang Z, Zhu F, Ma Y, Huo Z, Zhang L, Shen F, Ji W, Zhou Q. Preparation of amine-modified amphiphilic resins for the extraction of trace pharmaceuticals and personal care products in environmental waters. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1701:464062. [PMID: 37216852 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Herein, four amine-modified amphiphilic resins were synthesized and utilized as solid-phase extraction (SPE) materials to enrich pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from environmental water. The obtained materials (Strong anion-exchange amphiphilic materials, SAAMs; Weak anion-exchange amphiphilic materials, WAAMs) possessed large specific surface area (473-626 m2/g), high ion exchange capacity (0.89-1.97 mmol/g), and small contact angle (74.41-79.74°), indicating good hydrophilicity. The main factors affecting the efficiency of the extraction process were studied, including column volume, column flow rate, sample salinity and sample pH. Notably, the trend observed in absolute recovery was significantly correlated with the Zeta potential of the employed adsorbents. Furthermore, based on the obtained materials, a method of SPE coupled with ultra-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (SPE/LC-MS/MS) was developed, and then utilized to determine PPCPs in the samples collected from the Yangtze River Delta. The Method detection limit (MDL) and Method quantification limit (MQL) ranged from 0.05 to 0.60 ng/L and 0.17 to 2.00 ng/L, respectively, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) below 6.3%, demonstrating good accuracy and sensitivity. As evidenced by comparison with previous literature, the developed method exhibited satisfactory performance, showing great potential for further commercial application in the extraction of trace PPCPs from environmental water samples.
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- Ziang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Extraction of selected benzothiazoles, benzotriazoles and benzenesulfonamides from environmental water samples using a home-made sol-gel silica-based mixed-mode zwitterionic sorbent modified with graphene. Talanta 2023; 256:124315. [PMID: 36739742 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A novel sol-gel silica-based mixed-mode zwitterionic sorbent modified with graphene microparticles was synthesized. Thanks to the inclusion of multiple functional groups and graphene microparticles to exert a wide range of intermolecular/interionic interactions including dipole-dipole interactions, ion-exchange interactions and π-π interactions, the sorbent showed high retention in the solid-phase extraction (SPE) of benzothiazoles, benzotriazoles and benzenesulfonamides. The SPE protocol was optimized in terms of pH, sample loading volume and elution conditions using liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS). The method based on SPE followed by LC-HRMS was validated. Apparent recoveries at two levels of concentration were in the range from 48 to 85% (in most cases) in matrices such as influent wastewater, matrix effect was lower than ±30% in most cases, method detection and quantification limits being lower than 20 ng/L and repeatability and reproducibility between days were lower than 18% (n = 4). River, effluent and influent wastewaters samples were analyzed, obtaining concentrations ranging from 3 to 175 ng/L in river samples, from 12 to 499 ng/L in effluent samples and from 15 to 632 ng/L in influent samples, when the compounds were above the method quantification limits.
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Dispersive solid-phase extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in water and urine samples using a magnetic ionic liquid hypercrosslinked polymer composite. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1689:463745. [PMID: 36586287 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this work, Friedel-Crafts alkylation was successfully applied to prepare a magnetic ionic liquid hypercrosslinked polymer composite (Fe3O4@IL-HCP), which was subsequently employed as magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) adsorbent for the isolation and enrichment of trace non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The developed composite was comprehensively characterized using various techniques, with the results indicating that it possessed high saturation magnetization (39.44 em g - 1), large specific surface area (175 m2g - 1), and high adsorption capacity for NSAIDs. The adsorption behavior and mechanisms were also investigated in detail. NSAIDs were adsorbed onto the Fe3O4@IL-HCP sorbent via a heterogeneous multilayer process consisting of hydrogen bonding and π-π and electrostatic interactions. Additionally, the composite's large surface area and multiple active sites enabled extraction equilibrium within 6 min. By coupling with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the developed MSPE/HPLC method was applied for the determination of selected NSAIDs in water and urine samples. The developed method displayed wide linear ranges, low limits of detection (0.12-0.30 ng mL-1 and 0.15-1.5 ng mL-1 in water and urine samples, respectively), sufficient recoveries (92.8-109%), and good precision (relative standard deviations ≤ 4.6%). Thus, the findings of this work provide an appealing alternative for the extraction and determination of trace NSAIDs in environmental water and biological samples.
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Development of sol-gel silica-based mixed-mode zwitterionic sorbents for determining drugs in environmental water samples. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1676:463237. [PMID: 35752147 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Four novel mixed-mode zwitterionic silica-based functionalized with strong moieties sorbents were synthesized and evaluated through solid-phase extraction (SPE) to determine acidic and basic drugs in environmental water samples. All sorbents had the same functionalization: quaternary amine and sulfonic groups and C18 chains so that hydrophobic and strong cationic exchange (SCX) and strong anionic exchange (SAX) interactions could be exploited, in addition, two of them had carbon microparticles embedded. All sorbents retained both acidic and basic compounds in the preliminary assays but only the basic compounds were retained selectively through ionic exchange interactions when a clean-up step was introduced. The SPE method was therefore optimized to promote the selective retention of the basic compounds, initially with the two best-performing sorbents. After optimization of the SPE protocol, these sorbents were evaluated for the analysis of environmental water samples using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The method with the best-performing sorbent was then validated with 100 mL of river samples and 50 mL of effluent wastewater samples in terms of apparent recoveries (%Rapp) spiking samples at 50 ng/L (river) and 200 ng/L (river and effluent), matrix effect, linear range, method quantification and detection limits, repeatability, and reproducibility. It should be highlighted that %Rapp ranged from 40 to 85% and matrix effects ranged from -17 to -4% for spiked river samples. When the method was applied to river and effluent wastewater samples, most compounds were found in the range from 24 to 1233 ng/L with detection limits from 1 to 5 ng/L.
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Solid-phase extraction and fractionation of multiclass pollutants from wastewater followed by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:4149-4165. [PMID: 35461386 PMCID: PMC9124662 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04066-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herein, we describe a modular solid-phase extraction (SPE) setup, combining three sorbents, for the effective extraction of neutrals, acidic, and basic micropollutants from wastewater, followed by their further elution in three independent extracts. The performance of this approach was demonstrated for a suite of 64 compounds, corresponding to different chemical families, using liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). Target compounds were effectively extracted from wastewater samples; moreover, 62 out of 64 species were isolated in just one of the three fractions (neutrals, acids, and bases) obtained from the combination of sorbents. Globally, the efficiency and the selectivity of the SPE methodology improved the features obtained using generic SPE polymers, displaying just reversed-phase interactions. The overall recoveries of the analytical method, calculated against solvent-based calibration standards, stayed between 80 and 120% for 57 and 60 compounds, in raw and treated wastewater, respectively. Procedural limits of quantification (LOQs) varied from 1 to 20 ng L−1. Analysis of urban wastewater samples identified a group of 19 pollutants showing either negligible median removal efficiencies (± 20%) during wastewater treatment, or even a noticeable enhancement (case of the biodegradation product of the drug valsartan), which might be useful as markers of wastewater discharges in the aquatic environment.
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