title: Determination of fluoroacetic acid in water and biological samples by GC-FID and GC-MS in combination with solid-phase microextraction.
abstract: A novel procedure has been developed for determination of fluoroacetic acid (FAA) in water and biological samples. It involves ethylation of FAA with ethanol in the presence of sulfuric acid, solid-phase microextraction of the ethyl fluoroacetate formed, and subsequent analysis by GC-FID or by GC-MS in selected-ion-monitoring mode. The detection limits for FAA in water, blood plasma, and organ homogenates are 0.001 microg mL(-1), 0.01 microg mL(-1), and 0.01 microg g(-1), respectively. The determination error at concentrations close to the detection limit was less than 50%. For analysis of biological samples, the approach has the advantages of overcoming the matrix effect and protecting the GC and GC-MS systems from contamination. Application of the approach to determination of FAA in blood plasma and organ tissues of animals poisoned with sodium fluoroacetate reveals substantial differences between the dynamics of FAA accumulation and clearance in rabbits and rats.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology and Human Ecology, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Nadezhda L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Koryagina
authors.forename: Elena I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Savelieva
authors.forename: Natalia S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Khlebnikova
authors.forename: Nikolay V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Goncharov
authors.forename: Richard O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Andrey S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Radilov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D005410:Flame Ionization / Q000379:methods; D005463:Fluoroacetates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006321:Heart; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D052617:Solid Phase Microextraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005463:Fluoroacetates; D014867:Water; C014815:fluoroacetic acid