Quantification of multi-classes of endocrine-disrupting compounds in estuarine water
Emerging pollutants known as endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a contemporary global issue, especially in aquatic ecosystems. As aquaculture production through mariculture activities in Malaysia supports food production, the concentration and distribution of EDCs in estuarine water ecosyst...
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Elsevier
2019
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39145/1/Quantification%20of%20multi-classes%20of%20endocrine-disrupting.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39145/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749119301848 |
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| Summary: | Emerging pollutants known as endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a contemporary global issue,
especially in aquatic ecosystems. As aquaculture production through mariculture activities in Malaysia
supports food production, the concentration and distribution of EDCs in estuarine water ecosystems may
have changed. Therefore, this current study aims to prepare a suitable and reliable method for application on environmental samples. Besides, this study also presented the occurrence of EDCs pollutant in
Pulau Kukup, Johor, where the biggest and most active mariculture site in Malaysia takes place. Analytical
methods based on a combination of solid-phase extraction with liquid chromatography tandem mass
spectrometry (Solid-phase extraction (SPE)-LC-MS/MS) have been modified and optimised to examine
the level of targeted EDCs contaminant. In the current study, this method displays high extraction recovery for targeted EDCs, ranging from 92.02% to 132.32%. The highest concentration detected is
diclofenac (<0.47e79.89 ng/L) followed by 17b-estradiol (E2) (<5.28e31.43 ng/L) and 17a-ethynylestradiol (EE2) (<0.30e7.67 ng/L). The highest percentage distribution for the targeted EDCs in the current
study is diclofenac, followed by EE2 and dexamethasone with the percentages of 99.44%, 89.53% and
73.23%, respectively. This current study can be a baseline assessment to understand the pollution profile
of EDCs and their distribution in the estuarine water of the mariculture site throughout the world,
especially in Malaysia. Owing to the significant concentration of targeted EDCs detected in water samples, the need for further monitoring in the future is required. |
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