Simultaneous Determination of 50 Kinds of Steroid Hormones in Surface Water by Online Solid Phase Extraction Coupled with Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry
10.19756/j.issn.0253-3820.251037
- VernacularTitle:在线固相萃取-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱直接测定地表水中50种类固醇激素
- Author:
Fang-Xi XU
1
;
He NIU
;
Yu-Tao GE
;
Guo-Hua ZHU
;
Hang-Bin LYU
;
Jin-Song LI
;
Lang-Sha YI
;
Jian-Jie FU
;
Gui-Bin JIANG
Author Information
1. 浙江省台州生态环境监测中心,台州 318000
- Keywords:
Steroid hormones;
Online solid phase extraction;
Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry;
Pharmaceutical and chemical industrial park;
Surface water
- From:
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry
2025;53(6):998-1009,中插22-中插41
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A novel analytical method was developed in this study by combining online solid phase extraction with ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(Online SPE-UPLC-MS/MS)for simultaneous determination of 50 kinds of steroid hormones in surface water.Specifically,after high-speed centrifugation of 4 mL water samples,the supernatant was directly injected into an Oasis HLB online SPE column for enrichment and purification.Subsequently,the target compounds were transferred to the analytical column via valve switching for separation and analysis.The chromatographic separation was performed on a Thermo Acclaim RSLC C18 column(100 mm×2.1 mm,2.2 μm),using a mobile phase composed of 5 mmol/L ammonium fluoride aqueous solution and acetonitrile.Mass spectrometric detection was conducted in positive ion mode,utilizing multiple reaction monitoring(MRM)with quantification achieved by the internal standard method.The method validation demonstrated that the limits of detection(LOD)for the 50 kinds of steroid hormones ranged from 0.02 to 0.50 ng/L,while the limits of quantification(LOQ)were between 0.08 and 1.67 ng/L.The average recoveries in surface water samples at spiked concentrations of 5,20 and 200 ng/L were between 74.1％and 119％,with relative standard deviations(RSDs)of 0.2％to 9.9％.This method was applied to analyze 11 surface water samples collected from sites surrounding a pharmaceutical and chemical industrial park.A total of 44 kinds of steroid hormones were detected,with concentrations ranging from 0.11 to 88.6 ng/L,revealing the presence of hormone contamination in the environmental waters surrounding industrial areas.Compared with the traditional offline SPE methods,the proposed online SPE technique significantly reduced sample volume requirements and pretreatment time,while minimizing the loss of target compounds during the pretreatment process.Moreover,compared to reported online SPE techniques,this method achieved high-throughput analysis of multiple classes of steroid hormones,with lower detection limits and higher recoveries.Overall,this method provided rapid sample preparation,high sensitivity,and excellent stability,making it suitable for the direct analysis of trace steroid hormones in surface water.
