title: Stir bar sorptive extraction and thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for trace analysis of triclosan in water sample.
abstract: A simple and highly sensitive method called stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and thermal desorption (TD)-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which is used for the determination of trace amounts of 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol (triclosan) in river water samples, is described. A stir bar coated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is added to a 10 mL water sample and stirring is carried out for 120 min at room temperature (25 degrees C) in a vial. Then, the PDMS stir bar is subjected to TD-GC-MS. The detection limit of triclosan is 5 ng L(-1) (ppt). The method shows linearity over the calibration range (0.02-20 microg L(-1)) and the correlation coefficient is higher than 0.997 for triclosan standard solution. The recovery of triclosan in river water samples ranges from 91.9 to 108.3% (RSD: 4.0-7.0%). This simple, accurate, sensitive, and selective analytical method may be used in the determination of trace amounts of triclosan in river water samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Migaku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Noriya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okanouchi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa