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Amorim, V.E.* ; Morais, H.* ; Ferreira, A.C.S.* ; Pardal, M.A.* ; Cruzeiro, C. ; Cardoso, P.G.*

Application of a robust analytical method for quantifying progestins in environmental samples from three Portuguese Estuaries.

Mar. Pollut. Bull. 199:115967 (2023)
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In the last years, progestins have raised special concerns for their documented negative effects on aquatic species, yet little is known about their environmental levels in surface waters and bioaccumulation in the trophic web. This study aimed to 1) adapt an extraction method for quantifying progestins in freeze-dried matrices, 2) validate the analytical procedure for three matrices: bivalve, polychaete, and crustacean, and 3) characterize levels of the four most prescribed synthetic progestins in key species across three Portuguese estuaries. Through the validated method, progestins were only quantifiable for the crustacean. Values were generally low, peaking with drospirenone values in Ria de Aveiro (1.33 ± 0.26 ng/g ww) and Tagus estuary (1.42 ± 0.55 ng/g ww), while Ria Formosa exhibited the lowest progestin concentrations (< 1 ng/g ww). This study enabled the development of a precise extraction and analytical method for quantifying steroid hormones in three distinct biological matrices.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Analytical Methods ; Aquatic Species ; Biological Matrices ; Coastal Areas ; Steroid Hormones ; Uhplc-qtof-ms/ms; Endocrine-disrupting Compounds; Waste-water; Synthetic Progestin; Safe Extraction; Mass; Pharmaceuticals; Levonorgestrel; Surface; Fish; Quechers
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0025-326X
e-ISSN 1879-3363
Quellenangaben Volume: 199, Issue: , Pages: , Article Number: 115967 Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1gb, England
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants
National funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology
MCTES (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education)
European Social Fund
FCT
FCT through national funds
European Union through the ERDF
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