Microbead-Beating Extraction of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds from Seabird Plasma and Whole Blood
SEPARATIONS(2023)
摘要
Seabirds are widely regarded as an invaluable bioindicator of environmental health. Matrices including eggs and feathers have been used as non-lethal means to assess contaminant burdens. We have developed a new approach for extraction of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) from seabird plasma and serum based on automated microbead-beating homogenization and extraction. Commercially available bovine serum and plasma were purposely fortified with a suite of PACs separately at three dosing levels, placed inside a custom-made stainless-steel tube containing ceramic microbeads, and subjected to an extraction process using a Precellys tissue homogenizer. Tubes were shaken forcefully in three-dimensions, facilitating high mass-transfer of PACs from the matrix into the hexane extraction solvent. The accuracy of the method ranged from 55 to 120% and limits of detection and quantitation ranged from 0.1 to 8 and 0.2 to 27 pg/mu L, respectively. The method exhibited good repeatability with both inter- and intra-day repeatability < 30%. The developed method represents an effective and efficient approach to extraction of PACs from important biological matrices.
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polycyclic aromatic compounds,plasma,serum,seabirds,microbead-beating extraction
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