Rapid determination of free and conjugated estrogen in different water matrices by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1440-1446

  Kumar, Vimal ^a   Nakada, Norihide ^a   Yasojima, Makoto ^a   Yamashita, Naoyuki ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^b   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free and conjugated estrogen; Matrix effect; Short pre treatment; UPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONJUGATED ESTROGENS; GLUCURONIDE CONJUGATES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX EFFECTS; PRE-TREATMENT; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UPLC/MS/MS;

EFFLUENTS;

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GLUCURONIDE; RIVER WATER;

EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; JAPAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 71649106224     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.052     Document Type: Article

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