Determinação de hormônios estrógenos e progestágenos em amostras ambientais por GC-MS

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FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

Due to the constant increase in population, the level of pollution on the planet has grown mainly in aquatic environments. Some of these contaminants present regulation but a fraction of these, called "emerging", besides being continuously released into the environment without any control, have no regulation. Sex hormones are part of these emerging contaminants and offer great risk the different ways of life due to their potential to cause endocrine disruption. In this work the development of analytical methodology was enhanced in order to determine and quantify five sex hormones, widely consumed in hormone replacement and contraceptives. The determination of compounds estrone (E1), ¿-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), 17¿-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and progesterone was performed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry with previous derivatization. Derivatization of estrogens E1, E2, E3 and EE2 was performed using MSTFA-Imidazole, while the progesterone was determined in the non-derivatized form. Parameters as temperature and time of derivatization, and types of derivatives , energy of electron impact on mass spectrometer, were properly optimized. The preconcentration was performed by solid phase extraction (SPE) using Oasis HLB cartridges. The method validation was carried out by evaluating the parameters: linearity, sensitivity, selectivity, precision, intermediate precision, accuracy, limit of detection and quantification. The sampling was performed in the months of August, September and October of 2012 in Gravataí and Sinos rivers, Dilúvio Stream and urban sewage in wastewater treatment pilot plant, which belongs to the Institute of Hydraulic Research (IPH / UFRGS ). The hormones E1, E2 and E3 were found in samples at concentrations from 6.2 to 541.4 ng L-1, from 29 to 46.2 ng L-1 and from 37.5 to 716.8 ng L-1 respectively. In the preliminary study of degradation of EE2, in purified water photolysis direct and indirect use of concentrations ions nitrate 20 and 100 mg L-1 were assessed, with transformation rate constants 0.0128 min-1, 0.0175 min-1 and 0.0336 min-1 respectively. The photodegradation in different matrices: purified water, urban wastewater and tap water also were assessed, with transformation rate constants 0.0451 min-1, 0.0227 min-1 and 0.0864 min-1 respectively. The systems investigated kinetics follow pseudo-first order. This study provides a basis to determine in the future possible transformation products.

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cromatografia gasosa : espectrometria de massa estrogenos hormônio progestógenos

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