Abstract
An effective method to rapidly determine the presence of seven unmetabolized synthetic musks in human urine samples is developed. The target musks are five synthetic polycyclic musks (i.e., celestolide (ADBI), phantolide (AHMI), traseolide (ATII), galaxolide (HHCB), tonalide (AHTN)), and two nitro-aromatic musks (i.e., musk xylene (MX) and musk ketone (MK)). The method involved an ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction (USAEME) coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The factors that affect USAEME efficiency were optimized in detail, and the optimized procedure involved the rapid injection of 50 μL of carbon tetrachloride into 1.0 mL of urine sample (contained 0.1-g of sodium chloride) in a conical bottom glass tube. After 1.0 min ultrasonication and 3 min centrifugation (at 7000 rpm), the sedimented extract 10 μL was directly injected into the GC–MS system. The limits of quantitation (LOQs) varied from 0.1 to 0.5 ng/mL. The precisions for both repeatability and reproducibility were <8%. The trueness varied from 79 to 96% with the RSD ranging from 2 to 8%. The total concentrations of the seven unmetabolized target musks in collected human urine samples were in the range from 0.93 to 3.74 ng/mL. HHCB and AHTN were detected in all the collected samples, and the daily excretion doses were evaluated.
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