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Title: Utilizing ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their metabolites.

Authors: Zheng, Xueyun; Dupuis, Kevin T; Aly, Noor A; Zhou, Yuxuan; Smith, Francesca B; Tang, Keqi; Smith, Richard D; Baker, Erin S

Published In Anal Chim Acta, (2018 Dec 11)

Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent environmental pollutants originating from incomplete combustion of organic materials and synthetic sources. PAHs, PCBs, and PBDEs have all been shown to have a significant effect on human health with correlations to cancer and other diseases. Therefore, measuring the presence of these xenobiotics in the environment and human body is imperative for assessing their health risks. To date, their analyses require both gas chromatography and liquid chromatography separations in conjunction with mass spectrometry measurements for detection of both the parent molecules and their hydroxylated metabolites, making their studies extremely time consuming. In this work, we characterized PAHs, PCBs, PBDEs and their hydroxylated metabolites using ion mobility spectrometry coupled with mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) and in combination with different ionization methods including electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI). The collision cross section and m/z trend lines derived from the IMS-MS analyses displayed distinct trends for each molecule type. Additionally, the rapid isomeric and molecular separations possible with IMS-MS showed great promise for quickly distinguishing the parent and metabolized PAH, PCB, and PDBE molecules in complex environmental and biological samples.

PubMed ID: 30292301 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Chromatography, Liquid; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis*; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/metabolism*; Ion Mobility Spectrometry; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Structure; Polybrominated Biphenyls/analysis*; Polybrominated Biphenyls/metabolism*; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis*; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/metabolism*

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