Title
Suspect, non-target and target screening of emerging pollutants using data independent acquisition: Assessment of a Mediterranean River basin
Date Issued
15 October 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ccanccapa-Cartagena A.
Pico Y.
Ortiz X.
Reiner E.J.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
A single workflow based on three approaches (target, suspected and non-target screening) using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS) in data independent acquisition mode (DIA) was developed to assess the presence of emerging pollutants (EPs) in water and sediments from a Mediterranean River Basin. Identification of potential contaminants was based on mass accuracy, isotopic ratio pattern, theoretical fragmentation, and retention time using Waters UNIFI software. In the suspect screening against a library containing 2200 components, 68 contaminants were tentatively identified, 6 of which were confirmed and quantified with analytical standards. Non-target screening (NTS) required additional manual processing and the aid of an on-line database (ChemSpider) to tentatively identify compounds. Eprosartan, an antihypertensive drug not included in the library used for suspected screening, was confirmed and semi-quantified. The identification of Eprosartan proved the workflow to be functional for NTS. Target screening of 171 pesticides and 33 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) including the compounds confirmed using suspect (6) and non target (1) screening achieved monitoring of the most abundant contaminants from the head to the mouth of the Turia basin to establish their spatial distribution. QTOF-MS screening versatility with its high-resolution capability allows for a comprehensive assessment of EPs in the aquatic environment.
Start page
355
End page
368
Volume
687
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química analítica
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85067199553
PubMed ID
Source
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN of the container
00489697
Sponsor(s)
This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the ERDF (European Regional Development Funds) through the project GCL2015-64454-C2-1-R (ECO2risk-dds) and the project RTI2018-097158-B-C31 (Wetanpack) and through the Generalitat Valenciana (ANTROPOCEN@, PROMETEO/2018/155). A. Ccanccapa gratefully acknowledges the Conselleria D'Educació, Cultura i Sport de la Generalitat Valenciana for the financial support through “Santiago Grisolía” Scholarship Program. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Irene Gimeno, Claudia Keller and Giuly Lazzaretti.
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