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Kochs S, Schiewe S, Zang Y, Schmidt R, Blume-Peytavi U, Roloff A, Luch A, Schreiver I. 4-Aminobenzoic acid, 2-phenoxyethanol and iodine used as tracers in a short-term in vivo-kinetics study for tattoo ink ingredients: Mass spectrometry method development and validation. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2023; 1229:123891. [PMID: 37820471 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2023.123891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Tattoos have been gaining popularity in recent years, leading to a growing interest in researching tattoo inks and the tattooing process itself. Since the exposure to soluble tattoo ink ingredients has not yet been investigated, we here present the method validation for a short-term biokinetics study on soluble tattoo ink ingredients. The three tracers 4-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), 2-phenoxyethanol (PEtOH) and iodine will be added to commercially available tattoo inks, which will subsequently be used on healthy study participants. Following the tattooing process, blood and urine will be sampled at specific time points and analysed for these tracers. For this purpose, a method using liquid chromatography separation coupled to a quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC-QTOF-MS) in positive and negative ESI mode for the quantification of PABA, PEtOH and selected metabolites and an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP)-MS method for the determination of iodine were developed and validated. For LC-QTOF-MS analysis, the most applicable additives for LC eluents (0.01 % formic acid for positive and 0.005 % acetic acid for negative mode) were identified. Protein precipitation with acetonitrile was chosen for sample preparation. The methods were validated for selectivity, specificity, carryover, linearity, limit of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ), matrix effects, accuracy and precision, stability under different conditions and dilution integrity according to national and international guidelines with an allowed maximum variation of ±15 %. The LC-QTOF-MS method met the imposed guideline criteria for most parameters, however, some metabolites showed strong matrix effects. Validation of the ICP-MS method revealed that the KED-H2 collision mode is superior to the standard analysis mode due to enhanced method accuracy. The methods were validated for the relevant matrices plasma, urine, tattoo ink and tattoo consumables and proved to be applicable for the main target substances in the short-term biokinetics study. A proof-of-concept study showed successful quantification of iodine and PABA metabolites. The PEtOH metabolite was also quantified, but showed strong matrix effects in urine. Therefore standard addition was selected as an alternative quantification method.
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Affiliation(s)
- Susanne Kochs
- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany.
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Institute of Nutritional Science, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
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Jones MR, Chance R, Dadic R, Hannula HR, May R, Ward M, Carpenter LJ. Environmental iodine speciation quantification in seawater and snow using ion exchange chromatography and UV spectrophotometric detection. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1239:340700. [PMID: 36628710 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The behaviour and distribution of iodine in the environment are of significant interest in a range of scientific disciplines, from health, as iodine is an essential element for humans and animals, to climate and air quality, to geochemistry. Aquatic environments are the reservoir for iodine, where it exists in low concentrations as iodide, iodate and dissolved organic iodine and in which it undergoes redox reactions. The current measurement techniques for iodine species are typically time-consuming, subject to relatively poor precision and require specialist instrumentation including those that require mercury as an electrode. We present a new method for measuring iodine species, that is tailored towards lower dissolved organic carbon waters, such as seawater, rainwater and snow, using ion exchange chromatography (IC) with direct ultra-violet spectrophotometric detection of iodide and without the need for sample pre-concentration. Simple chemical amendments to the sample allow for the quantification of both iodate and dissolved organic iodine in addition to iodide. The developed IC method, which takes 16 min, was applied to contrasting samples that encompass a wide range of aqueous environments, from Arctic sea-ice snow (low concentrations) to coastal seawater (complex sample matrix). Linear calibrations are demonstrated for all matrices, using gravimetrically prepared potassium iodide standards. The detection limit for the iodide ion is 0.12 nM based on the standard deviation of the blank, while sample reproducibility is typically <2% at >8 nM and ∼4% at <8 nM. Since there is no environmental certified reference material for iodine species, the measurements made on seawater samples using this IC method were compared to those obtained using established analytical techniques; iodide voltammetry and iodate spectrophotometry. We calculated recoveries of 102 ± 16% (n = 107) for iodide and 116 ± 9% (n = 103) for iodate, the latter difference may be due to an underestimation of iodate by the spectrophotometric method. We further compared a chemical oxidation and reduction of the sample to an ultra-violet digestion to establish the total dissolved iodine content, the average recovery following chemical amendments was 98 ± 4% (n = 92). The new method represents a simple, efficient, green, precise and sensitive method for measuring dissolved speciated iodine in complex matrices.
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- Matthew R Jones
- Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand; WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Space and Earth Observation Centre, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
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- Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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A comparative study on droplet characteristics and specific charge of ethanol in two small-scale electrospray systems. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18791. [PMID: 31827156 PMCID: PMC6906519 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55223-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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An investigation on the droplet characteristics of ethanol in small-scale combustors with two different systems was conducted experimentally and theoretically. The classical capillary-mesh electrode arrangement was applied in Type A electrospray system, and for Type B, an additional ring electrode is included. The droplet size and velocity were measured by a Phase Doppler Anemometer. The electric filed intensity was theoretically calculated in the two electrospray systems. Compared with Type A, Type B system has smaller droplet size and velocity in the same spraying mode. Meanwhile the electrospray process in Type B system is more stable than that in Type A with its smaller root mean square velocity. By measuring the spraying current, the average specific charge of the droplets for the two systems was obtained in different spraying modes. And it was found that the addition of the ring electrode can help to increase the droplet charge, which is the fundamental reason for Type B electrospray system to perform better. The corona charge of the droplets was theoretically calculated for the two electrospray systems. It was found that the calculated specific charge generated by corona charging was in good agreement with the experimental results.
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