Construction of magnetic azo-linked porous polymer for highly-efficient enrichment and separation of phenolic endocrine disruptors from environmental water and fish

Food Chem. 2024 Jul 1:445:138698. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138698. Epub 2024 Feb 10.

Abstract

Developing effective methods for highly sensitive detection of phenolic endocrine disruptors (EDCs) is especially urgent. Herein, a magnetic hydroxyl-functional porous organic polymer (M-FH-POP) was facilely synthesized by green diazo-couple reaction using basic fuchsin and hesperetin as monomer for the first time. M-FH-POP delivered superior adsorption performance for phenolic EDCs. The adsorption mechanism was hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interaction and π-π interplay. With M-FH-POP as adsorbent, a magnetic solid phase extraction method was established for extracting trace phenolic EDCs (bisphenol A, 4-tert-butylphenol, bisphenol F and bisphenol B) in water and fish before ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The method displayed low detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.05-0.15 ng mL-1 for water and 0.08-0.3 ng g-1 for fish. The spiked recoveries were 88.3 %-109.8 % with the relative standard deviations of 2.4 %-6.4 %. The method offers a new strategy for sensitive determination of phenolic EDCs in water and fish samples.

Keywords: Determination; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Magnetic solid phase extraction; Porous organic polymer; Tandem mass spectrometry.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Endocrine Disruptors* / analysis
  • Limit of Detection
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • Polymers / analysis
  • Porosity
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods
  • Water* / analysis

Substances

  • Water
  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Polymers