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Das A, Pantzke J, Jeong S, Hartner E, Zimmermann EJ, Gawlitta N, Offer S, Shukla D, Huber A, Rastak N, Meščeriakovas A, Ivleva NP, Kuhn E, Binder S, Gröger T, Oeder S, Delaval M, Czech H, Sippula O, Schnelle-Kreis J, Di Bucchianico S, Sklorz M, Zimmermann R. Generation, characterization, and toxicological assessment of reference ultrafine soot particles with different organic content for inhalation toxicological studies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175727. [PMID: 39181261 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2024] [Revised: 08/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
Abstract
Ultrafine particles (UFP) are the smallest atmospheric particulate matter linked to air pollution-related diseases. The extent to which UFP's physical and chemical properties contribute to its toxicity remains unclear. It is hypothesized that UFP act as carriers for chemicals that drive biological responses. This study explores robust methods for generating reference UFP to understand these mechanisms and perform toxicological tests. Two types of combustion-related UFP with similar elemental carbon cores and physical properties but different organic loads were generated and characterized. Human alveolar epithelial cells were exposed to these UFP at the air-liquid interface, and several toxicological endpoints were measured. UFP were generated using a miniCAST under fuel-rich conditions and immediately diluted to minimize agglomeration. A catalytic stripper and charcoal denuder removed volatile gases and semi-volatile particles from the surface. By adjusting the temperature of the catalytic stripper, UFP with high and low organic content was produced. These reference particles exhibited fractal structures with high reproducibility and stability over a year, maintaining similar mass and number concentrations (100 μg/m3, 2.0·105 #/cm3) and a mean particle diameter of about 40 nm. High organic content UFP had significant PAH levels, with benzo[a]pyrene at 0.2 % (m/m). Toxicological evaluations revealed that both UFP types similarly affected cytotoxicity and cell viability, regardless of organic load. Higher xenobiotic metabolism was noted for PAH-rich UFP, while reactive oxidation markers increased when semi-volatiles were stripped off. Both UFP types caused DNA strand breaks, but only the high organic content UFP induced DNA oxidation. This methodology allows modification of UFP's chemical properties while maintaining comparable physical properties, linking these variations to biological responses.
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- Anusmita Das
- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Institute of Water Chemistry, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland; Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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Geldenhuys G, Orasche J, Jakobi G, Zimmermann R, Forbes PBC. Characterization of Gaseous and Particulate Phase Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Emitted During Preharvest Burning of Sugar Cane in Different Regions of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2023; 42:778-792. [PMID: 36718764 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Biomass burning is a significant anthropogenic source of air pollution, including the preharvest burning of sugar cane. These burn events result in atmospheric emissions, including semivolatile organic compounds, that may have adverse impacts on air quality and human health on a local, regional, and even a global scale. Gaseous and particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions from various sugar cane burn events in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa were simultaneously sampled using a portable denuder sampling technology, consisting of a quartz fiber filter sandwiched between two polydimethylsiloxane multichannel traps. Total gas and particle phase PAH concentrations ranged from 0.05 to 9.85 µg m-3 per individual burn event, and nine PAHs were quantified. Over 85% of all PAHs were found to exist in the gas phase, with smaller two- and three-ring PAHs, primarily naphthalene, 1-methyl naphthalene, and acenaphthylene, being the most dominant and causing the majority of variance between the burn sites. The PAH profiles differed between the different burn events at different sites, emphasizing the significant influence that the crop variety, prevailing weather conditions, and geographical location has on the type and number of pollutants emitted. The potential carcinogenicity of the PAH exposure was estimated based on toxic equivalency factors that showed varying risk potentials per burn event, with the highest value of 5.97 ng m-3 . Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;42:778-792. © 2023 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.
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- G Geldenhuys
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Processing Laboratory, Impala Platinum, Rustenburg, South Africa
- Skin Rejuvenation Technologies, Irene, South Africa
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group "Comprehensive Molecular Analytics," Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group "Comprehensive Molecular Analytics," Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group "Comprehensive Molecular Analytics," Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Ribeiro VP, Ccana-Ccapatinta GV, Aldana-Mejía JA, Berretta AA, Moraes LA, Bastos JK. Chemical characterization of Brazilian propolis using automated direct thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2022; 102:4345-4354. [PMID: 35066883 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Propolis, produced by honey bees, is used around the world, displaying several corroborated biological activities. Brazil is one of the leading producers of propolis, with a great diversity of types, each with a characteristically chemical fingerprint influenced by the flora of the local region. The secondary metabolite's composition of propolis strongly impacts its biological properties, and its chemical characterization is of great importance for its quality control. Several chromatographic techniques have been applied to characterize propolis, highlighting the extraction of its volatiles and its analysis through gas chromatography. Fourteen Brazilian propolis samples collected in four states, including brown, green and red propolis types, were chemically characterized using the automated direct thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (DTD-GC-MS). RESULTS Red propolis type was characterized by acyclic saturated hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, terpenes, and phenylpropanoids as nonacosane, α-copaene, β-amyrin acetate, anethole, and 7-O-methylvestitol. Brown propolis presented hydrocarbons, monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes, as α-pinene and α-bisabolol. Brazilian green propolis presented polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and sesquiterpenes, including 1-methyl-octahydroanthracene, 2,5-dimethyl-γ-oxo-benzenebutanoic acid, nerolidol, and spathulenol. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed, allowing for clustering brown and red propolis types, indicating a divergence with the chemical composition of the green propolis samples. The hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) allowed the chemical fingerprint of each propolis type to be differentiated. CONCLUSION Red propolis was characterized by sesquiterpenes, pterocarpans, and isoflavans; brown propolis was characterized by hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and monoterpenes, while green propolis samples were characterized by the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, sesquiterpenes, and naphthalene derivatives. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Victor P Ribeiro
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Research, Development and Innovation Department, Apis Flora Industrial e Comercial Ltda, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, School of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Fang Z, Li C, He Q, Czech H, Gröger T, Zeng J, Fang H, Xiao S, Pardo M, Hartner E, Meidan D, Wang X, Zimmermann R, Laskin A, Rudich Y. Secondary organic aerosols produced from photochemical oxidation of secondarily evaporated biomass burning organic gases: Chemical composition, toxicity, optical properties, and climate effect. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2021; 157:106801. [PMID: 34343933 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biomass burning (BB) is an important source of primary organic aerosols (POA). These POA contain a significant fraction of semivolatile organic compounds, and can release them into the gas phase during the dilution process in transport. Such evaporated compounds were termed "secondarily evaporated BB organic gases (SBB-OGs)" to distinguish them from the more studied primary emissions. SBB-OGs contribute to the formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) through reactions with atmospheric oxidants, and thus may influence human health and the Earth's radiation budget. In this study, tar materials collected from wood pyrolysis were taken as proxies for POA from smoldering-phase BB and were used to release SBB-OGs constantly in the lab. OH-initiated oxidation of the SBB-OGs in the absence of NOx was investigated using an oxidation flow reactor, and the chemical, optical, and toxicological properties of SOA were comprehensively characterized. Carbonyl compounds were the most abundant species in identified SOA species. Human lung epithelial cells exposed to an environmentally relevant dose of the most aged SOA did not exhibit detectable cell mortality. The oxidative potential of SOA was characterized with the dithiothreitol (DTT) assay, and its DTT consumption rate was 15.5 ± 0.5 pmol min-1 μg-1. The SOA present comparable light scattering to BB-POA, but have lower light absorption with imaginary refractive index less than 0.01 within the wavelength range of 360-600 nm. Calculations based on Mie theory show that pure airborne SOA with atmospherically relevant sizes of 50-400 nm have a cooling effect; when acting as the coating materials, these SOA can counteract the warming effect brought by airborne black carbon aerosol.
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- Zheng Fang
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81379 München, Germany
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81379 München, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81379 München, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 81379 München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Hyötyläinen T. Analytical challenges in human exposome analysis with focus on environmental analysis combined with metabolomics. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:1769-1787. [PMID: 33650238 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202001263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Environmental factors, such as chemical exposures, are likely to play a crucial role in the development of several human chronic diseases. However, how the specific exposures contribute to the onset and progress of various diseases is still poorly understood. In part, this is because comprehensive characterization of the chemical exposome is a highly challenging task, both due to its complex dynamic nature as well as due to the analytical challenges. Herein, the analytical challenges in the field of exposome research are reviewed, with specific emphasis on the sampling, sample preparation, and analysis, as well as challenges in the compound identification. The primary focus is on the human chemical exposome, that is, exposures to mixtures of environmental chemicals and its impact on human metabolome. In order to highlight the recent progress in the exposome research in relation to human health and disease, selected examples of human exposome studies are presented.
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- Tuulia Hyötyläinen
- MTM Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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Orešič M, McGlinchey A, Wheelock CE, Hyötyläinen T. Metabolic Signatures of the Exposome-Quantifying the Impact of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals on Human Health. Metabolites 2020; 10:metabo10110454. [PMID: 33182712 PMCID: PMC7698239 DOI: 10.3390/metabo10110454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Human health and well-being are intricately linked to environmental quality. Environmental exposures can have lifelong consequences. In particular, exposures during the vulnerable fetal or early development period can affect structure, physiology and metabolism, causing potential adverse, often permanent, health effects at any point in life. External exposures, such as the “chemical exposome” (exposures to environmental chemicals), affect the host’s metabolism and immune system, which, in turn, mediate the risk of various diseases. Linking such exposures to adverse outcomes, via intermediate phenotypes such as the metabolome, is one of the central themes of exposome research. Much progress has been made in this line of research, including addressing some key challenges such as analytical coverage of the exposome and metabolome, as well as the integration of heterogeneous, multi-omics data. There is strong evidence that chemical exposures have a marked impact on the metabolome, associating with specific disease risks. Herein, we review recent progress in the field of exposome research as related to human health as well as selected metabolic and autoimmune diseases, with specific emphasis on the impacts of chemical exposures on the host metabolome.
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- Matej Orešič
- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden; (M.O.); (A.M.)
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden; (M.O.); (A.M.)
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- Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- MTM Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden
- Correspondence:
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Characterising Particulate Organic Nitrogen at A Savannah-Grassland Region in South Africa. ATMOSPHERE 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos10090492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although atmospheric organic N compounds are considered to be important, especially in new particle formation and their contribution to brown carbon, these species are not that well understood. This can be partially attributed to their chemical complexity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of organic N compounds utilising comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (GCxGC-TOFMS) in aerosol samples that were collected at a savanna-grassland background region and to determine the possible sources. 135 atmospheric organic N compounds were tentatively characterised and semi-quantified, which included amines, nitriles, amides, urea, pyridine derivatives, amino acids, nitro-and nitroso compounds, imines, cyanates and isocyanates, and azo compounds. Amines contributed to 51% of the semi-quantified concentrations, while nitriles, pyridine derivatives, and amides comprised 20%, 11%, and 8%, respectively, of the semi-quantified concentrations. Amines, nitriles, amides, and pyridine derivatives concentrations were higher during the dry season, which were attributed to meteorology and open biomass burning. Anthropogenic sources impacting air masses measured at Welgegund, as well as regional agricultural activities, were considered as the major sources of amines, while the regional influence of household combustion was most likely the main source of nitriles, amides, and pyridine derivatives. The other organic N species were most likely related to the influence of local and regional agricultural activities.
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Khare P, Marcotte A, Sheu R, Walsh AN, Ditto JC, Gentner DR. Advances in offline approaches for trace measurements of complex organic compound mixtures via soft ionization and high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1598:163-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Isaacman-VanWertz G, Sueper DT, Aikin KC, Lerner BM, Gilman JB, de Gouw JA, Worsnop DR, Goldstein AH. Automated single-ion peak fitting as an efficient approach for analyzing complex chromatographic data. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1529:81-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhuo S, Shen G, Zhu Y, Du W, Pan X, Li T, Han Y, Li B, Liu J, Cheng H, Xing B, Tao S. Source-oriented risk assessment of inhalation exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and contributions of non-priority isomers in urban Nanjing, a megacity located in Yangtze River Delta, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 224:796-809. [PMID: 28153418 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Sixteen U.S. EPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and eleven non-priority isomers including some dibenzopyrenes were analyzed to evaluate health risk attributable to inhalation exposure to ambient PAHs and contributions of the non-priority PAHs in a megacity Nanjing, east China. The annual average mass concentration of the total 16 EPA priority PAHs in air was 51.1 ± 29.8 ng/m3, comprising up to 93% of the mass concentration of all 27 PAHs, however, the estimated Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk (ILCR) due to inhalation exposure would be underestimated by 63% on average if only accounting the 16 EPA priority PAHs. The risk would be underestimated by 13% if only particulate PAHs were considered, though gaseous PAHs made up to about 70% of the total mass concentration. During the last fifteen years, ambient Benzo[a]pyrene decreased significantly in the city which was consistent with the declining trend of PAHs emissions. Source contributions to the estimated ILCR were much different from the contributions for the total mass concentration, calling for the introduce of important source-oriented risk assessments. Emissions from gasoline vehicles contributed to 12% of the total mass concentration of 27 PAHs analyzed, but regarding relative contributions to the overall health risk, gasoline vehicle emissions contributed 45% of the calculated ILCR. Dibenzopyrenes were a group of non-priority isomers largely contributing to the calculated ILCR, and vehicle emissions were probably important sources of these high molecular weight isomers. Ambient dibenzo[a,l]pyrene positively correlated with the priority PAH Benzo[g,h,i]perylene. The study indicates that inclusion of non-priority PAHs could be valuable for both PAH source apportionment and health risk assessment.
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- Shaojie Zhuo
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing 210036, China.
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Weggler BA, Ly-Verdu S, Jennerwein M, Sippula O, Reda AA, Orasche J, Gröger T, Jokiniemi J, Zimmermann R. Untargeted Identification of Wood Type-Specific Markers in Particulate Matter from Wood Combustion. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:10073-10081. [PMID: 27552181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Residential wood combustion emissions are one of the major global sources of particulate and gaseous organic pollutants. However, the detailed chemical compositions of these emissions are poorly characterized due to their highly complex molecular compositions, nonideal combustion conditions, and sample preparation steps. In this study, the particulate organic emissions from a masonry heater using three types of wood logs, namely, beech, birch, and spruce, were chemically characterized using thermal desorption in situ derivatization coupled to a GCxGC-ToF/MS system. Untargeted data analyses were performed using the comprehensive measurements. Univariate and multivariate chemometric tools, such as analysis of variance (ANOVA), principal component analysis (PCA), and ANOVA simultaneous component analysis (ASCA), were used to reduce the data to highly significant and wood type-specific features. This study reveals substances not previously considered in the literature as meaningful markers for differentiation among wood types.
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- Benedikt A Weggler
- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
- ASG Analytik Service Gesellschaft mbH, 86356 Neusäß, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Fine Particle and Aerosol Technology Laboratory, University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Fine Particle and Aerosol Technology Laboratory, University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock , 18059 Rostock 12, Germany
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Alam MS, Harrison RM. Recent advances in the application of 2-dimensional gas chromatography with soft and hard ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry in environmental analysis. Chem Sci 2016; 7:3968-3977. [PMID: 30155039 PMCID: PMC6013788 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00465b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional gas chromatography has huge power for separating complex mixtures. The principles of the technique are outlined together with an overview of detection methods applicable to GC × GC column effluent with a focus on selectivity. Applications of GC × GC techniques in the analysis of petroleum-related and airborne particulate matter samples are reviewed. Mass spectrometric detection can be used alongside spectral libraries to identify eluted compounds, but in complex petroleum-related and atmospheric samples, when used conventionally at high ionisation energies, may not allow differentiation of structural isomers. Available low energy ionisation methods are reviewed and an example given of the additional structural information which can be extracted by measuring mass spectra at both low and high ionisation energies, hence greatly enhancing the selectivity of the technique.
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- Mohammed S Alam
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK .
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK .
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Nozière B, Kalberer M, Claeys M, Allan J, D'Anna B, Decesari S, Finessi E, Glasius M, Grgić I, Hamilton JF, Hoffmann T, Iinuma Y, Jaoui M, Kahnt A, Kampf CJ, Kourtchev I, Maenhaut W, Marsden N, Saarikoski S, Schnelle-Kreis J, Surratt JD, Szidat S, Szmigielski R, Wisthaler A. The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere: state of the art and challenges. Chem Rev 2015; 115:3919-83. [PMID: 25647604 DOI: 10.1021/cr5003485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Barbara Nozière
- †Ircelyon/CNRS and Université Lyon 1, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- †Ircelyon/CNRS and Université Lyon 1, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- ○National Institute of Chemistry, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- ¶Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- ‡University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- §University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.,□Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- ▼University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Methods for characterization of organic compounds in atmospheric aerosol particles. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 407:5877-97. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8394-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Biedermann M, Grob K. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography for characterizing mineral oils in foods and distinguishing them from synthetic hydrocarbons. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1375:146-53. [PMID: 25526977 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.11.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Many foods are contaminated by hydrocarbons of mineral oil or synthetic origin. High performance liquid chromatography on-line coupled with gas chromatography and flame ionization detection (HPLC-GC-FID) is a powerful tool for the quantitative determination, but it would often be desirable to obtain more information about the type of hydrocarbons in order to identify the source of the contamination and specify pertinent legislation. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) is shown to produce plots distinguishing mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) from polymer oligomeric saturated hydrocarbons (POSH) and characterizing the degree of raffination of a mineral oil. The first dimension separation occurred on a phenyl methyl polysiloxane, the second on a dimethyl polysiloxane. Mass spectrometry (MS) was used for identification, FID for quantitative determination. This shows the substantial advances in chromatography to characterize complex hydrocarbon mixtures even as contaminants in food.
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- Maurus Biedermann
- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zürich, PO Box, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zürich, PO Box, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Manzano C, Hoh E, Massey Simonich SL. Quantification of complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures in standard reference materials using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1307:172-9. [PMID: 23932031 PMCID: PMC4153360 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.07.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This research is the first to quantify complex PAH mixtures in NIST SRMs using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC/ToF-MS), with and without extract cleanup, and reports previously unidentified PAH congeners in the NIST SRMs. We tested a novel, high orthogonality GC column combination (LC-50×NSP-35), as well as with a commonly used column combination (Rtx-5ms×Rxi-17) for the quantification of a complex mixture of 85 different PAHs, including parent (PAHs), alkyl- (MPAHs), nitro- (NPAHs), oxy- (OPAHs), thio- (SPAHs), bromo- (BrPAHs), and chloro-PAHs (ClPAHs) in extracts from two standard reference materials: NIST SRM1650b (diesel particulate matter), with cleanup and NIST SRM1975 (diesel particulate extract), with and without extract cleanup. The LC-50×NSP-35 column combination resulted in an average absolute percent difference of 33.8%, 62.2% and 30.8% compared to the NIST certified PAH concentrations for NIST SRM1650b, NIST SRM1975 with cleanup and NIST SRM1975 without cleanup, while the Rtx-5ms×Rxi-17 resulted in an absolute percent difference of 38.6%, 67.2% and 79.6% for NIST SRM1650b, NIST SRM1975 with cleanup and NIST SRM1975 without cleanup, respectively. This GC×GC/ToF-MS method increases the number of PAHs detected and quantified in complex environmental extracts using a single chromatographic run. Without clean-up, 7 additional compounds were detected and quantified in NIST SRM1975 using the LC-50×NSP-35 column combination. These results suggest that the use of the LC-50×NSP-35 column combination in GC×GC/ToF-MS not only results in better chromatographic resolution and greater orthogonality for the separation of complex PAH mixtures, but can also be used for the accurate quantification of complex PAH mixtures in environmental extracts, such as diesel particulate matter, without silica gel cleanup.
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- Carlos Manzano
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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Fuller SJ, Zhao Y, Cliff SS, Wexler AS, Kalberer M. Direct Surface Analysis of Time-Resolved Aerosol Impactor Samples with Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2012; 84:9858-64. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3020615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Stephen J. Fuller
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge
CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Air Quality
Research Center, University of California−Davis, Davis, California
95616, United States
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- Air Quality
Research Center, University of California−Davis, Davis, California
95616, United States
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- Air Quality
Research Center, University of California−Davis, Davis, California
95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge
CB2 1EW, U.K
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Fushimi A, Hashimoto S, Ieda T, Ochiai N, Takazawa Y, Fujitani Y, Tanabe K. Thermal desorption – comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry for determination of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1252:164-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.06.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Isaacman G, Wilson KR, Chan AWH, Worton DR, Kimmel JR, Nah T, Hohaus T, Gonin M, Kroll JH, Worsnop DR, Goldstein AH. Improved Resolution of Hydrocarbon Structures and Constitutional Isomers in Complex Mixtures Using Gas Chromatography-Vacuum Ultraviolet-Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2012; 84:2335-42. [DOI: 10.1021/ac2030464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gabriel Isaacman
- Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California,
United States
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- Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
- Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, California, United States
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- Center for Aerosol and Cloud
Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica,
Massachusetts, United States
- Cooperative Institute for Research
in the Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland
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- Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Center for Aerosol and Cloud
Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica,
Massachusetts, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
- Chemical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
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- Center for Aerosol and Cloud
Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica,
Massachusetts, United States
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- Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
- Environmental
and Energy Technologies
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United
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Selective accurate-mass-based analysis of 11 oxy-PAHs on atmospheric particulate matter by pressurized liquid extraction followed by high-performance liquid chromatography and magnetic sector mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 402:1697-711. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5568-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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A review of techniques for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air. Trends Analyt Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Application of direct thermal desorption gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry for determination of nonpolar organics in low-volume samples from ambient particulate matter and personal samplers. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 401:3083-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5429-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Yu JZ, Huang XHH, Ho SSH, Bian Q. Nonpolar organic compounds in fine particles: quantification by thermal desorption–GC/MS and evidence for their significant oxidation in ambient aerosols in Hong Kong. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 401:3125-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5458-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 09/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kraus U, Breitner S, Schnelle-Kreis J, Cyrys J, Lanki T, Rückerl R, Schneider A, Brüske I, Gu J, Devlin R, Wichmann HE, Zimmermann R, Peters A. Particle-associated organic compounds and symptoms in myocardial infarction survivors. Inhal Toxicol 2011; 23:431-47. [PMID: 21639711 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.580471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONTEXT The aerosol components responsible for the adverse health effects of the exposure to particulate matter (PM) have not been conclusively identified, and there is especially little information on the role of particulate organic compounds (POC). OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the role of PM and POC with regard to daily symptoms. METHODS One hundred and fifty-three myocardial infarction survivors from Augsburg, Germany, recorded daily occurrence of different symptoms in winter 2003/2004. Ambient concentrations of PM with a diameter <2.5 μm (PM(2.5)), particle number concentration (PNC), PM(2.5)-bound hopanes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were quantified. Data were analyzed using generalized estimating equations adjusting for meteorological and other time-variant confounders. RESULTS The odds for avoidance of physically demanding activities due to heart problems increased immediately associated with most POC measures (e.g. 5% per 1.08 ng/m(3) increase in benzo[a]pyrene, 95%-confidence interval (CI):1-9%) and tended to a delayed decrease. After a 2-day delayed decrease associated with hopanes, the odds for shortness of breath increased consistently after 3 days with almost all POC measures (e.g. 4% per 0.21 ng/m(3) increase in 17α(H), 21β(H)-hopane, CI: 1-8%). The odds for heart palpitations marginally increased immediately in association with PNC (8% per 8146 cm(-3) increase in PNC, CI: 0-16%). CONCLUSIONS The study showed an association between PM, particle-bound POC, and daily symptoms. The organic compounds may be causally related with cardiovascular health or act rather as indicators for traffic- and combustion-related particles.
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- Ute Kraus
- Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Özel MZ, Hamilton JF, Lewis AC. New sensitive and quantitative analysis method for organic nitrogen compounds in urban aerosol samples. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:1497-1505. [PMID: 21210660 DOI: 10.1021/es102528g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Atmospheric aerosols contain a highly complex mixture of organic and inorganic compounds; however, as a chemical class relatively little is known about organic nitrogen (ON) content, with few satisfactory methods for speciated analysis. In this paper we report a sensitive and quantitative method for the speciation of ON within ambient atmospheric aerosol. Aerosol samples, collected on quartz microfiber filters, were extracted in water followed by solid phase extraction, elution, and concentration before analysis by comprehensive gas chromatography with a nitrogen chemiluminescence detection system (GCxGC-NCD). The NCD detection method was optimized using liquid standards. The GCxGC-NCD method showed high selectivity, sensitivity, and equimolarity in its response to individual organic compounds. Limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantitation (LOQ) for four ON standards (1-nitropentane, o-toluidine, nonanenitrile, and quinoline) were determined to be in the range 0.16-0.27 pgN and 0.71-1.19 pgN, respectively. Between 21 and 57 different ON compounds were found in urban aerosol, (including 10 nitriles, 9 alkyl nitro compounds, 4 nitro-phenols, 4 amides, 3 nitrosamines, and 2 nitro-PAHs) on different dates from a city center location. Pyrrole (8.26-39.21 ngN m(-3) air) and N-butyl-benzenesulfonamide (6.23-20.87 ngN m(-3) air) were the most abundant ON compounds observed in all samples analyzed. The average mass loading of the total identified ON was 532.51 ngON m(-3) air. The sensitivity, selectivity, and relative ease of quantitation of unknown ON components makes the technique a significant improvement over previous laboratory methods.
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- Mustafa Z Özel
- Department of Chemistry, The University of York , Heslington YO10 5DD, York, UK.
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Aubriet F, Carré V. Potential of laser mass spectrometry for the analysis of environmental dust particles—A review. Anal Chim Acta 2010; 659:34-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.11.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 11/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schnelle-Kreis J, Küpper U, Sklorz M, Cyrys J, Briedé JJ, Peters A, Zimmermann R. Daily measurement of organic compounds in ambient particulate matter in Augsburg, Germany: new aspects on aerosol sources and aerosol related health effects. Biomarkers 2010; 14 Suppl 1:39-44. [PMID: 19604057 DOI: 10.1080/13547500902965997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Several epidemiological studies have shown that in the human population ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with adverse health effects. Little is known, however, about the relative effects of aerosol constituents. Since 2002, diurnal samples of ambient PM2.5 were analysed by automated methods for the quantification of particle-associated organic compounds (POC). Data on chemical composition have been investigated in epidemiological and biological effect studies. As a result of these studies, the associations found between PAH concentration and symptoms of myocardial infarction survivors suggest a major influence of combustion sources on cardiovascular health effects. The correlations found between formation of reactive oxygen species and the presence of specific organic compounds suggests an important influence of biomass combustion particles in PM2.5-associated oxidative stress.
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- Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, National Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Laitinen T, Martín SH, Parshintsev J, Hyötyläinen T, Hartonen K, Riekkola ML, Kulmala M, Pavón JLP. Determination of organic compounds from wood combustion aerosol nanoparticles by different gas chromatographic systems and by aerosol mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2010; 1217:151-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2009.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2009] [Revised: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Quantification of organic acids in particulate matter by coupling of thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation with thermodesorption-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2009; 1216:6642-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2009.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Revised: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Koning S, Janssen HG, Brinkman UAT. Modern Methods of Sample Preparation for GC Analysis. Chromatographia 2009. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-008-0937-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Bente M, Sklorz M, Streibel T, Zimmermann R. Online Laser Desorption-Multiphoton Postionization Mass Spectrometry of Individual Aerosol Particles: Molecular Source Indicators for Particles Emitted from Different Traffic-Related and Wood Combustion Sources. Anal Chem 2008; 80:8991-9004. [DOI: 10.1021/ac801295f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Matthias Bente
- Institut für Ökologische Chemie, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie/Massenspektrometrie-Zentrum, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany, and BIfA-Bayrisches Institut für Angewandte Umweltforschung and Technik GmbH, Kompetenzbereich Prozesstechnik and Chemische Analytik, 86167 Augsburg, Germany
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- Institut für Ökologische Chemie, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie/Massenspektrometrie-Zentrum, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany, and BIfA-Bayrisches Institut für Angewandte Umweltforschung and Technik GmbH, Kompetenzbereich Prozesstechnik and Chemische Analytik, 86167 Augsburg, Germany
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- Institut für Ökologische Chemie, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie/Massenspektrometrie-Zentrum, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany, and BIfA-Bayrisches Institut für Angewandte Umweltforschung and Technik GmbH, Kompetenzbereich Prozesstechnik and Chemische Analytik, 86167 Augsburg, Germany
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- Institut für Ökologische Chemie, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie/Massenspektrometrie-Zentrum, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany, and BIfA-Bayrisches Institut für Angewandte Umweltforschung and Technik GmbH, Kompetenzbereich Prozesstechnik and Chemische Analytik, 86167 Augsburg, Germany
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Ma Y, Hays MD. Thermal extraction–two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry with heart-cutting for nitrogen heterocyclics in biomass burning aerosols. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1200:228-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recent developments in the application of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1186:67-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2007] [Revised: 01/01/2008] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mondello L, Tranchida PQ, Dugo P, Dugo G. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: a review. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2008; 27:101-124. [PMID: 18240151 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Although comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) has been on the scene for more than 15 years, it is still generally considered a relatively novel technique and is yet far from being fully established. The revolutionary aspect of GC x GC, with respect to classical multidimensional chromatography, is that the entire sample is subjected to two distinct analytical separations. The resulting enhanced separating capacity makes this approach a prime choice when GC analysts are challenged with highly complex mixtures. The combination of a third mass spectrometric dimension to a GC x GC system generates the most powerful analytical tool today for volatile and semi-volatile analytes. The present review is focused on the rather brief, but not scant, history of comprehensive two-dimensional GC-MS: the first experiments were carried out at the end of the 1990s and, since then, the methodology has been increasingly studied and applied. Almost all GC x GC-MS applications have been carried out by using either a time-of-flight or quadrupole mass analyzer; significant experiments relative to a variety of research fields, as well as advantages and disadvantages of the MS systems employed, are discussed. The principles, practical and theoretical aspects, and the most significant developments of GC x GC are also described.
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- Luigi Mondello
- Dipartimento Farmaco-chimico, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Messina, viale Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy.
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Chow JC, Yu JZ, Watson JG, Ho SSH, Bohannan TL, Hays MD, Fung KK. The application of thermal methods for determining chemical composition of carbonaceous aerosols: a review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2007; 42:1521-41. [PMID: 17849294 DOI: 10.1080/10934520701513365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Thermal methods of various forms have been used to quantify carbonaceous materials. Thermal/optical carbon analysis provides measurements of organic and elemental carbon concentrations as well as fractions evolving at specific temperatures in ambient and source aerosols. Detection of thermally desorbed organic compounds with thermal desorption-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (TD-GC/MS) identifies and quantifies over 100 individual organic compounds in particulate matter (PM) samples. The resulting mass spectra contain information that is consistent among, but different between, source emissions even in the absence of association with specific organic compounds. TD-GC/MS is a demonstrated alternative to solvent extraction for many organic compounds and can be applied to samples from existing networks. It is amenable to field-deployable instruments capable of measuring organic aerosol composition in near real-time. In this review, thermal stability of organic compounds is related to chemical structures, providing a basis for understanding thermochemical properties of carbonaceous aerosols. Recent advances in thermal methods applied to determine aerosol chemical compositions are summarized and their potential for uncovering aerosol chemistry are evaluated. Current limitations and future research needs of the thermal methods are included.
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Pierce KM, Hoggard JC, Mohler RE, Synovec RE. Recent advancements in comprehensive two-dimensional separations with chemometrics. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1184:341-52. [PMID: 17697686 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 07/17/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Comprehensive two-dimensional (2D) separations provide the analyst with a tremendous amount of complex data. In order to glean useful information from this complex data, advancements in commercially available software that implement chemometrics are currently available and continue to evolve. Future advancements will no doubt involve commercializing (or adapting) specialized, in-house chemometric techniques that are currently found only in the hands of technical experts and researchers in industry, government, and academia. In order to make timely advancements, future commercialization of novel chemometric techniques should involve collaborations among instrument software manufacturers, professional programmers, technical experts, and researchers. During the last decade, this field has seen a steady advancement from single analyte target analysis to comprehensive non-target analysis of entire multidimensional sample profiles (involving sample classification and/or data mining for discovery-based sample comparisons). The advancements in instrumentation and chemometric software tools have a tremendous impact in various applications: fuels, food, environmental, pharmaceuticals, metabolomics, etc. Most of the development has been for software to apply with gas chromatography-based instrumentation, such as comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC x GC-TOF-MS). More recently there have been notable advancements in liquid-phase instrumentation as well.
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- Karisa M Pierce
- Department of Chemistry, Box 351700, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 USA
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Schnelle-Kreis J, Sklorz M, Orasche J, Stölzel M, Peters A, Zimmermann R. Semi volatile organic compounds in ambient PM2.5. Seasonal trends and daily resolved source contributions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2007; 41:3821-8. [PMID: 17612155 DOI: 10.1021/es060666e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Concentrations of ambient semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC) in the PM2.5 fraction of Augsburg, Germany, have been monitored on a daily basis from January 2003 through December 2004. Samples were taken in a large garden in the city center. Quantitative analysis of n-alkanes, alkanones, alkanoic acid methylesters, long chain linear alkyl benzenes and toluenes, hopanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and oxidized PAH, and some abietan type diterpenes was done. All compounds showed distinct seasonal variations in concentration. Most compounds showed highest concentrations during the cold seasons, but some n-alkanones and 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecanone showed maximum concentration during summer. Changes in patterns between and within compound classes were obvious, e.g., the hopane pattern exhibited a strong seasonal variation. The main source related contributions to changes observed were discussed. Using positive matrix factorization (PMF) for the statistical investigation of the data set, five factors have been separated. These factors are dominated by the pattern of single sources or groups of similar sources: factor 1, lubricating oil; factor 2, emissions of unburned diesel and heating oil consumption; factor 3, wood combustion; factor 4, brown coal combustion; and factor 5, biogenic emissions and transport components. Like the SVOC, the factors showed strong seasonality with highest values in winter for factors 1-4 and in summer for factor 5.
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- Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis
- Department of Chemistry, Bavarian Institute of Applied Environmental Research and Technology, BIfA GmbH, Am Mittleren Moos 46, 86167 Augsburg, Germany.
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Schnelle-Kreis J, Sklorz M, Herrmann H, Zimmermann R. Atmosphärische Aerosole: Quellen, Vorkommen, Zusammensetzung. CHEM UNSERER ZEIT 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ciuz.200700414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Vogt L, Gröger T, Zimmermann R. Automated compound classification for ambient aerosol sample separations using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1150:2-12. [PMID: 17418225 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 02/25/2007] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOF-MS) is useful in analyzing complex samples, such as the semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC) in daily aerosol samples collected in Augsburg, Germany. For efficient routine analysis, a partial classification system based on mass spectra has been proposed to group compounds into substance classes. Classifiers based on fragmentation patterns, retention time, and spectral transformations are incorporated into software scripts for automated classification. Fragmentation pattern rules are also applied to an aerosol sample analyzed using direct thermal desorption (DTD)-GCxGC-TOF-MS and a non-traditional column combination.
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- Leslie Vogt
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany
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Developments in direct thermal extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of fine aerosols. Trends Analyt Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2006.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An untargeted metabolomics approach to contaminant analysis: pinpointing potential unknown compounds. Anal Chim Acta 2006; 584:43-9. [PMID: 17386583 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2006] [Revised: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study deals with an automated data analysis strategy to pinpoint potential unknown compounds in full scan mass spectrometry (MS) experiments. Three examples of an untargeted metabolomics approach to contaminant analysis are given. By comparing a plant-oil based hormone cocktail to 90 plant oil samples ca. 25 compounds specific to the hormone cocktail could be detected. Five of these compounds were confirmed as steroid hormones. A comparison of a drink water sample from a farm to distillated water showed the presence of contaminants specific to this drink water sample. A grass sample, which was known to give a false positive result in a DR-CALUX bioassay, was unexpectedly shown to contain an abnormal level of chrysene, which was obviously not eliminated during clean-up.
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Poster DL, Schantz MM, Sander LC, Wise SA. Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in environmental samples: a critical review of gas chromatographic (GC) methods. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 386:859-81. [PMID: 17019586 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0771-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2006] [Revised: 08/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are frequently measured in the atmosphere for air quality assessment, in biological tissues for health-effects monitoring, in sediments and mollusks for environmental monitoring, and in foodstuffs for safety reasons. In contemporary analysis of these complex matrices, gas chromatography (GC), rather than liquid chromatography (LC), is often the preferred approach for separation, identification, and quantification of PAHs, largely because GC generally affords greater selectivity, resolution, and sensitivity than LC. This article reviews modern-day GC and state-of-the-art GC techniques used for the determination of PAHs in environmental samples. Standard test methods are discussed. GC separations of PAHs on a variety of capillary columns are examined, and the properties and uses of selected mass spectrometric (MS) techniques are presented. PAH literature on GC with MS techniques, including chemical ionization, ion-trap MS, time-of-flight MS (TOF-MS), and isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), is reviewed. Enhancements to GC, for example large-volume injection, thermal desorption, fast GC, and coupling of GC to LC, are also discussed with regard to the determination of PAHs in an effort to demonstrate the vigor and robustness GC continues to achieve in the analytical sciences.
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- Dianne L Poster
- Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8392, USA.
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Panić O, Górecki T. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) in environmental analysis and monitoring. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 386:1013-23. [PMID: 16862380 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0568-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Compared to conventional one-dimensional gas chromatography (1D-GC), comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) offers increased peak capacity, improved resolution and enhanced mass sensitivity. In addition, it generates structured two-dimensional (2-D) chromatograms, which aids in the identification of compound classes. Sample preparation procedures can often be minimized, or even eliminated in some cases, due to the superior separating power offered by the technique. All of these advantages make GC x GC a very powerful tool in environmental analysis involving the determination of trace levels of toxic compounds in complex matrices. This review paper summarizes and examines the historical and recent GC x GC applications in environmental analysis and monitoring.
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- Ognjen Panić
- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Streibel T, Weh J, Mitschke S, Zimmermann R. Thermal Desorption/Pyrolysis Coupled with Photoionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Molecular Organic Compounds and Oligomeric and Polymeric Fractions in Urban Particulate Matter. Anal Chem 2006; 78:5354-61. [PMID: 16878869 DOI: 10.1021/ac060227y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Atmospheric aerosols are subject to be responsible for human health effects. In this context, besides mass and number concentration of particles, their chemical composition has gained interest recently. However, knowledge about the organic content of particulate matter is still relatively scarce; i.e., only 10-40% of compounds present in the aerosol are as yet identified. By means of a newly developed measurement technique, thermal desorption/photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS), organic species evolved from urban aerosol samples collected at Augsburg, Germany, are analyzed. Thereby, compounds desorbed according to a temperature protocol following procedures for OC/EC analysis (120, 250, and 340 degrees C as desorbing temperatures) are ionized by soft, fragmentationless resonance multiphoton ionization (REMPI) and single photon ionization (SPI), respectively. With REMPI-TOFMS, a large variety of PAH is detectable. A comprehensive analysis is enabled by adding SPI-TOFMS, which gives access to aliphatic and carbonylic hydrocarbons as well as alkanoic acids and esters. Analysis of the data showed a high abundance of phenol and guiacol as well as retene, which are known markers for wood combustion. Similar patterns were found with ash from spruce wood combustion. An increase of volatile substances at 340 degrees C gave rise to the suggestion that these compounds are re-formed by pyrolytic decomposition reactions from oligomeric, polymeric, and polyfunctional oxygenated species. This was corroborated by the investigation of the behavior of cellulose acetate, which exhibited a similar pattern in its SPI-TOFMS spectrum at 340 degrees C as the aerosol. More thorough investigations of urban aerosol and source material with respect to problems such as the mass closure of carbonaceous material, indications for source apportionment, and allotment of organic species on a molecular level to fractions of organic and elemental carbon seem feasible with this measurement method.
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- Thorsten Streibel
- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany.
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Adahchour M, Beens J, Vreuls R, Brinkman U. Recent developments in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC). Trends Analyt Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2006.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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