title: An automated online turboflow cleanup LC/MS/MS method for the determination of 11 plasticizers in beverages and milk.
abstract: An automated sample preparation technique involving cleanup and analytical separation in a single operation using an online coupled TurboFlow (RP-LC system) is reported. This method eliminates time-consuming sample preparation steps that can be potential sources for cross-contamination in the analysis of plasticizers. Using TurboFlow chromatography, liquid samples were injected directly into the automated system without previous extraction or cleanup. Special cleanup columns enabled specific binding of target compounds; higher MW compounds, i.e., fats and proteins, and other matrix interferences with different chemical properties were removed to waste, prior to LC/MS/MS. Systematic stepwise method development using this new technology in the food safety area is described. Selection of optimum columns and mobile phases for loading onto the cleanup column followed by transfer onto the analytical column and MS detection are critical method parameters. The method was optimized for the assay of 10 phthalates (dimethyl, diethyl, dipropyl, butyl benzyl, diisobutyl, dicyclohexyl, dihexyl, diethylhexyl, diisononyl, and diisododecyl) and one adipate (diethylhexyl) in beverages and milk.
authors.affiliation: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Food Safety Response Center, Im Steingrund 4-6, 63303 Dreieich, Germany. ebru.ates@thermofisher.com
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mittendorf
authors.forename: Hamide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senyuva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D010968:Plasticizers / Q000032:analysis*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010968:Plasticizers