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Quantitation of free and total bisphenol A in human urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Journal of Separation Science
  • Stephen D. Fox
  • Roni T. Falk
  • Timothy D. Veenstra, Cedarville University
  • Haleem J. Issaq
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2011
DOI
10.1002/jssc.201100087
PubMed ID
21506272
Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) is employed in the synthesis of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins and is widely used in consumer products including as a coating for the inside of almost all food and beverage containers and thermal-imaging paper. Bisphenol A is considered to have important health implications because it possesses weak estrogenic activity and can leach from storage containers resulting in its consumption by both humans and animals. It is metabolized in the body and excreted into urine as a glucuronide derivative. In this report, we present an accurate, selective, sensitive, and reproducible high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) method for the quantitation of BPA in human urine, which is not prone to exogenous contamination. BPA-glucuronide is hydrolyzed enzymatically, extracted with toluene, derivatized with dansyl chloride, and the BPA-(dansyl)(2) derivative is analyzed using reversed-phase HPLC/MS/MS. Calibration was linear to 50 ng/mL with a limit of quantitation of 50 pg/mL and a limit of detection of 5 pg/mL.

Keywords
  • Benzhydryl compounds,
  • chromatography,
  • molecular structure,
  • phenols,
  • tandem mass spectrometry
Citation Information
Stephen D. Fox, Roni T. Falk, Timothy D. Veenstra and Haleem J. Issaq. "Quantitation of free and total bisphenol A in human urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry." Journal of Separation Science Vol. 34 Iss. 11 (2011) p. 1268 - 1274 ISSN: 1615-9314
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy-veenstra/61/