title: Determination of 1-nitropyrene with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay versus high-performance column switching technique.
abstract: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on microplates and a HPLC coupled-column switching method were compared for the determination of the nitroarene compound 1-nitropyrene in airborne particulate organic matter collected at a busy intersection over a period of 2 months. After purification of the sample extract with silica, in the multidimensional chromatographic method nitroarenes were separated on a RP18 precolumn from matrix constituents followed by on-line reduction to corresponding aminoarenes with a Pt catalyst on alumina and a further separation of 1-aminopyrene on a second RP18 column. Methanol-water (70:30, v/v) was the mobile phase used. With ELISA, a six-fold overestimation was obtained for untreated samples. After clean-up it was lowered to approximately 1.6-fold overestimation which was mainly caused by cross-reaction of 2-nitropyrene and 2-nitrofluoranthene.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hydrochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zühlke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knopp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niessner
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007120:Immunochemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D011721:Pyrenes; C032668:1-nitropyrene