Determination of secondary, oxidised di-iso-nonylphthalate (DINP) metabolites in human urine representative for the exposure to commercial DINP plasticizers

Koch, HM; Muller, J; Angerer, J

HERO ID

680026

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2007

Language

English

PMID

17055785

HERO ID 680026
In Press No
Year 2007
Title Determination of secondary, oxidised di-iso-nonylphthalate (DINP) metabolites in human urine representative for the exposure to commercial DINP plasticizers
Authors Koch, HM; Muller, J; Angerer, J
Journal Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
Volume 847
Issue 2
Page Numbers 114-125
Abstract Di-iso-nonylphthalate (DINP) is the major plasticizer for polyvinylchloride (PVC) polymers. Two DINP products are currently produced: DINP 1 and DINP 2. We analyzed the isononyl alcohol mixtures (INA) used for the synthesis of these two DINP plasticizer products and thus identified 4-methyloctanol-1 as one of the major constituents of the alkyl side chains of DINP 1 (8.7%) and DINP 2 (20.7%). Based on this isomer, we postulated the major DINP metabolites renally excreted by humans: mono-(4-methyl-7-hydroxy-octyl)phthalate (7OH-MMeOP), mono-(4-methyl-7-oxo-octyl)phthalate (7oxo-MMeOP) and mono-(4-methyl-7-carboxy-heptyl)phthalate (7carboxy-MMeHP). We present a fast and reliable on-line clean-up HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of these three DINP metabolites in human urine. We used ESI-tandem mass spectrometry for detection and isotope dilution for quantification (limit of quantification 0.5microg/l). Via these three oxidised DINP isomer standards, we quantified the excretion of all oxidised DINP isomers with hydroxy (OH-MINP), oxo (oxo-MINP) and carboxy (carboxy-MINP) functional groups. With this approach, we can for the first time reliably quantify the internal burden of the general population to DINP. Mean urinary metabolite concentrations in random samples from the general German population (n=25) were 14.9microg/l OH-MINP, 8.9microg/l oxo-MINP and 16.4microg/l carboxy-MINP. Metabolites strongly correlated with each other over all samples analyzed (R>0.99, p<0.0001).
Doi 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.09.044
Pmid 17055785
Wosid WOS:000245387600007
Url https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1570023206008087
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Language Text English
Keyword DINP; Phthalate; Urine; Plasticizer; Metabolites; Biological monitoring
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