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Multiresidue analytical method for the determination of 41 multiclass organic pollutants in mussel and fish tissues and biofluids by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

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In this work, the full optimisation and validation procedure to analyse a wide set of emerging organic contaminants in biotissues (mussel and fish muscle, liver, gills and brain) and biofluids (fish plasma and bile) is described. The target families include artificial sweeteners, industrial products, hormones, pharmaceutical and personal care products, pesticides and phytoestrogens. Different clean-up strategies (hydrophilic–lipophilic-balanced (HLB) solid-phase extraction, Florisil solid-phase extraction and liquid–liquid extraction followed by HLB solid-phase extraction and microextraction based on polyethersulfone polymer) were evaluated for the clean-up of focused ultrasonic solid–liquid extraction (FUSLE) extracts before the analysis by liquid chromatography–triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (LC-QqQ-MS/MS). The methods afforded satisfactory apparent recovery values (71–126%) using isotopically labelled analytes and matrix-matched calibration approach, regardless of the matrix. Method detection limits in the range of 4–48 ng/g and 0.3–111 ng/L were obtained for biotissues and biofluids, respectively. The developed method was applied to determine the uptake and tissue distribution in juvenile gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) during 7 days in seawater, and unexpectedly, perfluoro-1-butanesulfonate tended to accumulate in liver and, to a lesser extent, in muscle and gills. Furthermore, real mussel samples collected in the Basque coast were also analysed and the presence of the highly consumed valsartan (7 ng/g) and telmisartan (6.8 ng/g) compounds in bivalves is reported for the first time here.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) of Spain and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through project CTM2014-56628-C3-1-R and from the Basque Government through project IT-742-13. L. Mijangos and H. Ziarrusta are grateful to the Basque Government and to the Spanish Ministry, respectively, for their pre-doctoral fellowships. I. Zabaleta is grateful to the University of the Basque Country (EHU-UPV) for her Dokberri post-doctoral fellowships.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain

    Leire Mijangos, Haizea Ziarrusta, Itsaso Zabaleta, Aresatz Usobiaga, Maitane Olivares, Olatz Zuloaga, Nestor Etxebarria & Ailette Prieto

  2. Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza z/g, 48620, Plentzia, Spain

    Leire Mijangos, Haizea Ziarrusta, Aresatz Usobiaga, Maitane Olivares, Olatz Zuloaga, Nestor Etxebarria & Ailette Prieto

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Mijangos, L., Ziarrusta, H., Zabaleta, I. et al. Multiresidue analytical method for the determination of 41 multiclass organic pollutants in mussel and fish tissues and biofluids by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 411, 493–506 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-018-1474-z

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