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Identification of Phase II Pharmaceutical Metabolites in Reclaimed Water Using High Resolution Benchtop Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry

Wang, Jian, Gardinali, Piero R.·2014·Chemosphere

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This study described an analytical method for the identification of common phase II pharmaceutical metabolites in reclaimed water using liquid chromatography high resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry after solid phase extraction (SPE). Orbitrap mass spectrometer was operated at resolution of 70000 in MS mode and 35000 in data-dependent MS/MS mode, without using lock mass. Firstly, parent drugs and their metabolites were tentatively identified based on accurate mass using a mass tolerance of 5 ppm. A detailed examination of the extracted ion chromatograms (XICs) for all potential metabolites revealed the presence of two phase II metabolites of sulfamethoxazole, acetylsulfamethoxazole and sulfamethoxazole glucuronide in reclaimed water. Secondly, the high resolution data-dependent MS/MS spectra of each compound were further investigated using metabolic profiling software. After comparing characteristic ions obtained in MS/MS mode with those predicted by the software and reported in previous studies, the two phase II metabolites were positively identified in reclaimed water. Lastly, the two metabolites were detected and quantified in the reclaimed water samples collected during a period of one month. As a result, averaged concentrations of sulfamethoxazole, acetylsulfamethoxazole and sulfamethoxazole glucuronide were calculated at 2848 ± 1367 ng L(-)(1), 1980 ± 1410 ng L(-)(1), and 2859 ± 1526 ng L(-)(1), respectively. The two metabolites represented 54% of the source of sulfamethoxazole in reclaimed water suggesting the importance of measuring pharmaceutical metabolites in the environment. To our knowledge, this is the first known report of sulfamethoxazole glucuronide surviving intact through wastewater treatment plants and occurring in environmental water samples.

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Authors
Wang, J., & Gardinali, P. R.
Affiliations
Florida International University (US)
Corresponding author
Wang, Jian
Venue
Chemosphere
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-07
Volume
107
Pages
65-73
ISSN
0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2025730543
Cited by
37
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2
FWCI
4.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Chemosphere (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Florida International University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Keywords
phase II metabolites, sulfamethoxazole, wastewater treatment plant effluent, metabolite identification, solid-phase extraction, Orbitrap mass spectrometry, environmental water contamination
MeSH terms
Molecular Weight, Sulfamethoxazole, Water, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Glucuronides, Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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