ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To develop a method for simultaneous detection of 4 kinds of bisphenol A analogs in human urine by high performance liquid chromatography and tandem quadrupole mass-spectrometry. METHODS: The urine samples were extracted by solid phase extraction( Bond Elut Plexa) after hydrolyzed using β-glucuronidase and sulfatase. The gradient elution was carried out with acetonitrile-water. The bisphenol A-d16 and tetrabromobisphenol A-d10 were used as internal standard substances to conduct the quantitative analysis using the combined mode of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry with the negative electrospray ionization,and the multiple reaction monitoring scan mode. RESULTS: The linear range of all the 4 kinds of bisphenol A analogs( Bisphenol F, Bishpenol A,Tetrachlorobisphenol A and Tetrabromobisphenol A) in urine was found to be 0. 50-100. 00 μg / L, and the linear correlation coefficients were 0. 998 6,0. 999 1,0. 999 6 and 0. 999 7,respectively. The limits of detection were 0. 21,0. 25,0. 01 and 0. 14 μg / L. The recovery rate was 69. 2%-99. 9%. The relative standard deviations of within-run and between-run precisions were 5. 5%-22. 8% and 2. 4%-14. 4%,respectively. The samples could be kept for at least 7 days at room temperature. The method was applied to detect urine samples of 38 children and 20 medical workers and the results were statistically analyzed. The detection rates of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, tetrachlorobisphenol A and tetrabromobisphenol A for children group were 94. 7%,94. 7%,0. 0% and 34. 2%,respectively,and those of the medical workers group were 100. 0%,100. 0%,5. 0% and 75. 0%,respectively. CONCLUSION: The method is effective for the detection of 4 kinds of bisphenol A analogs in human urine with simple operation,high sensitivity and good selectivity.