Quantification of multi-classes of endocrine-disrupting compounds in estuarine water

Nur Afifah Hanun, Ismail and Sze Yee, Wee and Nitty Hirawaty, Kamarulzaman and Ahmad Zaharin, Aris (2019) Quantification of multi-classes of endocrine-disrupting compounds in estuarine water. Environmental Pollution, 249. pp. 1019-1028. ISSN 0269-7491

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Uncontrolled Keywords: Endocrine disrupting compounds, Mariculture site, Solid-phase extraction, Estuarine water, Liquid chromatography mass spectrometer
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Depositing User: Sze Yee
Date Deposited: 08 Aug 2022 08:54
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2023 04:02
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39145

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