Diclofenac and Ibuprofen Determination in Sewage Sludge Using a QuEChERS Approach: Occurrence and Ecological Risk Assessment in Three Nigerian Wastewater Treatment Plants

Autor: Segun T. Fawole, G. O. Adewuyi, Florence O. Ajibola, Akinranti S. Ajibola
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 106:690-699
ISSN: 1432-0800
0007-4861
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-021-03139-1
Popis: A quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe (QuEChERS) method was optimized for the extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) diclofenac and ibuprofen from sewage sludge. Dispersive-solid phase extraction (d-SPE) was employed for sample clean-up. Instrumental analysis was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Ecological risk was assessed for four trophic levels: fish, daphnia, algae and bacteria. The method limits of quantification for diclofenac and ibuprofen were 0.43 µg g− 1 and 0.45 µg g− 1, respectively. Correlation coefficients were above 0.999. Extraction recoveries ranged from 70 to 118 % and satisfactory inter-day reproducibility (% RSD) of
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