Abstract
Due to regulation of the use of bisphenol A, several analogs serving as bisphenol A replacements have drawn substantial attention for their adverse health effects. To investigate their occurrence in humans and identify possible pollution sources, it is necessary to develop a sensitive method for total bisphenols detection. Thus, a method based on enzymolysis and liquid-liquid extraction followed by molecularly imprinted polymer solid-phase extraction and pre-column derivatization with high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry was proposed. The developed method exhibited superior selectivity and sensitivity. The matrix effect can be eliminated to a great extent. The method detection limits for eight bisphenols were 0.05 similar to 0.19 ng/mL. Satisfactory recoveries (71 similar to 119%) were obtained by spiking bovine serum at three levels (0.8, 8 and, 20 ng/mL). The method was successfully applied to determine total bisphenols in the serum samples of children. Bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, bisphenol B and bisphenol F were detected with concentrations from below the method detection limit to 1.65, 0.45, 0.79, 2.04 and 0.17 ng/mL, respectively. These results indicate that bisphenol A remains the major pollutant among the studied bisphenols in children, whereas threats from bisphenol A analogs should also be monitored.
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