title: [Determination of three phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides in blood using gas chromatography coupled with solid-phase extraction and derivatization].
abstract: A method for the determination of three phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-propanoic acid (2,4-DP), and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy-acetic acid (MCPA), in blood was developed. The blood sample was diluted with 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid, and extracted by solid-phase extraction using porous resin GDX401 as adsorbent and ethyl ether as eluent. The extract was esterified with dichloropropanol in the presence of sulfuric acid as catalyst. The derivatives were analysed by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. The detection limits of 2,4-D, 2,4-DP and MCPA were 20, 8 and 40 ng/mL, respectively. In quantitative analysis, 2,4-dichlorophenylacetic acid was used as an internal standard. The linear relationships and recoveries were satisfactory. The derivatization of the three herbicides with methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, n-butanol, and trifluoroethanol were also studied, and the analytical methods of these derivatization were compared with that of dichloropropanol as esterifying agent. The method is sensitive enough for the examination of the poison samples in actual.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Medical Examination Center of Beijing Public Security Bureau, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Guobin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Jiayi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhaolin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D006016:Glycolates / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D057230:Limit of Detection; D016014:Linear Models; D011817:Rabbits; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D052616:Solid Phase Extraction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006016:Glycolates; D006540:Herbicides