A new solvent extraction method with gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry for bisphenol a determination in canned foods

A new reliable simple solvent extraction method for the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) in canned food was developed employing an aqueous basic extraction solution of 0.25 M K2CO3/0.10 M NaOH after spiking with BPA-d16 as internal standard. The BPA was next extracted into diethyl ether after solution acidification to pH = 4 and filtration. Homogenous acetylation at dry basic conditions (acetic anhydride as derivatization agent and solvent with sodium acetate as catalyst) after diethyl ether evaporation was carried out for 30 min at 110 °C. Detection of the acetylated BPA was carried out by gas chromatography–electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry (GC–EI/MS) in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode with pulsed split-less mode. The method was applicable in terms of eliminating the use of solvents like acetonitrile for the extraction step, where relatively long evaporation times may have been needed to evaporate acetonitrile. Also, removing lipids and precipitating most of the proteins at acidic conditions (pH = 4) prior to diethyl ether extraction can replace the often used heptane or hexane or solid sorbents. The method was tested linear with limit of linearity (LOL = 750 μg/L) and with coefficient of determination (R2= 0.998), repeatable with relative standard deviation (RSDr < 7%) with instrument detection limit (IDL) of 0.01 μg/L and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 0.034 μg/L. The method detection limit (MDL) ranged from 0.3 μg/kg to 3.2 μg/kg based on 1 g sample (wet weight). Recovery ranged from 85% to 94% with the relative standard deviations of 2%–13%. BPA concentrations in tested canned foods from outlet stores ranged from

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).