Biological monitoring of bisphenol A with HLPC/FLD and LC/MS/MS assays |
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Authors: | Bitna Yi Changsung Kim Mihi Yang |
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Institution: | 1. Sookmyung Women''s University College of Pharmacy, Seoul 140-742, Republic of Korea;2. Korea Testing & Research Institute, Gimpo 415-873, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Biological monitoring is a necessary process for risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), particularly, bisphenol A (BPA), in breast milk, because its human risks are not clear yet, and infants, who feed on breast milk, are highly susceptible for EDCs. Concerning biological monitoring of BPA, the HPLC/FLD has been widely used before the LC/MS/MS. However, there was no report, which simultaneously evaluated the two methods in real analyses. Therefore, we analyzed BPA with LC/MS/MS and HPLC/FLD in human breast milk and conducted comparison of two methods in analyzed BPA levels. After establishing optimal condition, e.g. linearity, recovery, reproducibility and free BPA system, we analyzed BPA levels in human breast milk samples (N = 100). The LOQs were similar in the two methods, i.e. 1.8 and 1.3 ng/mL for the HPLC/FLD and LC/MS/MS assays, respectively. There were strong associations between total BPA levels with the two methods (R2 = 0.40, p < 0.01), however, only 11% of them were analyzed as similar levels with 15% CVs. In addition, the detection range of BPA was broader in the HPLC method than the LC/MS/MS method. However, the BPA levels in the HPLC/FLD analysis were lower than those in the LC/MS/MS analysis (p < 0.01). Thus, the differences in BPA levels between the two methods may come from mainly over-estimation with the LC/MS/MS method in low BPA samples and some of poor resolution with the HPLC/FLD in high BPA samples. |
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Keywords: | Bisphenol A Biological monitoring HPLC/FLD LC/MS/MS Breast milk |
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