Multiclass determination of drug residues in water and fish for bioaccumulation potential assessment

Ivanković, Klaudija; Jambrošić, Karlo; Mikac, Iva; Kapetanović, Damir; Ahel, Marijan; Terzić, Senka (2023) Multiclass determination of drug residues in water and fish for bioaccumulation potential assessment. Talanta, 264 . ISSN 0039-9140

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Abstract

In this work, a wide-scope liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the quantitative determination of environmental levels of multiclass drugs and their metabolites in water and fish samples was developed. The method allowed the reliable determination of 44 drugs, covering a rather wide range of chemistries and physicochemical characteristics. In order to obtain a reliable and robust analytical protocol, different combinations of extraction and cleanup techniques were systematically examined. Aqueous samples were extracted using a simple Oasis HLB SPE enrichment protocol with pH-optimized sample percolation (pH 3). The extraction of cryo-homogenized biota samples was performed using double extraction with MeOH basified with 0.5% NH3, which allowed high extraction recoveries for all target analytes. The problem of the coextracted lipid matrix, which is known to be the key obstacle for reliable biota analysis, was systematically examined in a series of model cleanup experiments. A combination of cryo-precipitation, filtration, and HLB SPE cleanup was proposed as a protocol, which allowed reliable and robust analysis of all target compounds at low ng/g levels. At the final conditions, the method which was validated at three concentration levels showed high extraction recoveries (68 – 97%), acceptable matrix effects (12 – -32%), accuracies (81 – 129%), and reproducibilities (3 – 32%) for all analytes. The developed method was used to determine drug concentrations in river water and in feral freshwater fish, including whole fish and muscle tissue, from the Sava River (Croatia), in order to estimate their corresponding bioaccumulation potential. With respect to bioaccumulation potential in whole fish and fish muscle, the most relevant drugs were lisinopril, sertraline, terbinafine, torsemide, diazepam, desloratadine, and loratadine with estimated bioaccumulation factors ranging from 20 to 838 and from 1 to 431, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	pharmaceuticals; biota; surface water; organic contaminants; bioaccumulation
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences > Environmental Science
Divisions:	Division for Marine and Enviromental Research
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Investigation of Pharmaceutical Exposome in Freshwater Organisms – Risk Assessment and Prioritization Senka Terzic IP-2019-04-9519 Istraživački projekt
Depositing User:	Senka Terzić
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2025 10:14
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/9409
DOI:	10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124762

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