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Analysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Food Samples

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Endocrine disrupting compounds are organic compounds that are present in low concentrations in food and environmental samples. These compounds are suspected to cause dysfunction of the endocrine system in humans and animals. This chapter briefly presents an overview on some important endocrine disrupting compounds as well as matrices, where their determination is pertinent. Advanced sample preparation methods, using low solvent amounts, together with new multidimensional analytical methods to perform the analysis of endocrine disrupting compounds are also discussed. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography has been successfully applied to the analysis of some endocrine disrupting compounds. Dibutylphthalate, benzylbutylphthalate, nonylphenol, and octylphenol were quantified using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector. The merit parameters of the analytical method were determined. The compounds were evaluated throughout a concentration range of 0.2–6.0 μg L−1. LOD ranging from 0.07 to 0.32 μg L−1 and LOQ ranging from 0.17 to 0.55 μg L−1 were obtained for these four compounds.

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Financial support was provided by FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES-269289-ELECTROACROSS—Electrokinetics across disciplines and continents: an integrated approach to finding new strategies for sustainable development and the Brazilian foundations CNPq.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas (ICEx) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Miriany A. Moreira & Zenilda L. Cardeal

  2. Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia (FaFar), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Leiliane C. André

  3. LAQV, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, 2829-516, Portugal

    Marco D. R. Gomes da Silva

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Moreira, M.A., André, L.C., da Silva, M.D.R.G., Cardeal, Z.L. (2016). Analysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Food Samples. In: Ribeiro, A., Mateus, E., Couto, N. (eds) Electrokinetics Across Disciplines and Continents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20179-5_21

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