A method for the measurement of 24 hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites (OH-PAHs) inurine has been developed. The method is based onenzymatic deconju
gation, automated liquid-liquid extraction, and
gas chromato
graphy/isotope dilution hi
gh-resolution mass spectrometry after derivatization of theOH-PAHs to the trimethylsilylated derivatives. The metabolites included in the current method are formed fromei
ght different parent compounds. The limits of detectionwere below 7 p
g/mL when usin
g a sample size of 2 mL ofurine, except for 1- and 2-naphthols (18 and 12 p
g/mL,respectively). The enzymatic deconju
gation efficiency,verified by deconju
gation of urine samples spiked with
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glucuronide sodium salt (1-NAP-GLU) andpyrene-1-sulfate potassium salt (1-PYR-SULF), was determined to be 97% for 1-NAP-GLU conju
gate and 84%for 1-PYR-SULF. The overall coefficients of variance forsix batches of quality control samples (
n = 42), was 2.9-11%. Mean method recoveries of the
13C-labeled internalstandards were 66-72%, except for
13C
6-1-naphthol(46%). The throu
ghput of this method has been determined to be 40 samples per day per analyst. This methodis currently applied to epidemiolo
gical studies, such asthe National Exposure and Nutrition Examination Survey(NHANES), to measure human exposure to PAHs.