Fully automated determination in the low nanogram per liter level of different classes of drugs of abuse in sewage water by on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry.

Title:

Resource Type:

document --> technical publication --> journal article

Country:

EU Projects

Year:

2008

Availability:

Analytical Chemistry 80(9), 3123-3134

Author 1/Producer:

Postigo C.

Other Authors/Producers:

de Alda M. J. L., Barcelo D.

Author / Producer Type:

EC Project

Publisher:

American Chemistry Society (ACS)

Article Weblink (=direct link):

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac702060j

EUGRIS Keyword(s):

Diffuse pollution-->Diffuse pollution overview
Diffuse pollution-->Monitoring
Water and sanitation-->Wastewater
Water and sanitation-->Water and sanitation Overview

Long description:

The paper describes the first fully automated method, based on on-line solid-phase extraction (SPE)-liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry, for the determination of drugs of abuse (17 compounds and metabolites belonging to the classes of amphetaminics, cannabinoids, cocainics, opiates, and lysergics) in sewage waters. The main advantages of the method are high sensitivity, selectivity and reliability of results, minimum sample manipulation, full automation, and fairly high throughput. As a validation, the method has been applied to the analysis of various influent and effluent samples from four Spanish sewage treatment plants.

Link to Project(s):

AQUATERRA Integrated modelling of the river-sediment-soil-groundwater system; advanced tools for the management of catchment areas and river basins in the context of global change

Submitted By:

Dr Antony Chapman WhoDoesWhat? Last update: 24/04/2009