title: Determination of steroid hormones in biological and environmental samples using green microextraction techniques: an overview.
abstract: Residues of steroid hormones have become a cause for concern because they can affect the biological activity of non-target organisms. Steroid hormones are a potential risk for wildlife and humans through the consumption of contaminated food or water. Their determination requires extraction and clean-up steps, prior to detection, to reach low concentration levels. In recent years, a great effort has been made to develop new analytical methodologies, such as microextraction techniques, that reduce environmental pollution. Researchers have modified old methods to incorporate procedures that use less-hazardous chemicals or that use smaller amounts of them. They are able to do direct analysis using miniaturised equipment and reduced amounts of solvents and wastes. These accomplishments are the main objectives of green analytical chemistry. In this overview, we focus on microextraction techniques for the determination of steroid hormones in biological (e.g., human urine, human serum, fish, shrimp and prawn tissue and milk) and environmental (e.g., wastewaters, surface waters, tap waters, river waters, sewage sludges, marine sediments and river sediments) samples. We comment on the most recent applications in sorptive-microextraction modes, such as solid phase microextraction (SPME) with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), in-tube solid-phase microextraction (IT-SPME), stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and microextraction in packed sorbent (MEPS). We also describe liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) approaches reported in the literature that are applied to the determination of steroid hormones.
authors: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
authors: Jana
authors: J
authors: Aufartová
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Mahugo-Santana
authors: Zoraida
authors: Z
authors: Sosa-Ferrera
authors: José Juan
authors: JJ
authors: Santana-Rodríguez
authors: Lucie
authors: L
authors: Nováková
authors: Petr
authors: P
authors: Solich
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006728:Hormones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D054802:Molecular Imprinting / Q000379:methods; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D052617:Solid Phase Microextraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013256:Steroids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures; D006728:Hormones; D012722:Sewage; D012997:Solvents; D013256:Steroids; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical