FERNÁNDEZ TORRES , Rut

Frequent consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have emerged as a current problem that highlights the pressing need for new multi-residue analytical methods that allow their simultaneous determination to assess their overall effect on human health. In this regard and for the first time, a versatile microfluidic based-...

In this work, eight plants of Juncus sp. and ten of Salicornia europaea were used for an uptake assay of pharmaceuticals (flumequine, cirpofloxacin, enrofloxacin, carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen) by irrigation at three concentration levels: 10 ng mL−1 (low level); 700 ng mL−1 (medium level) and 10 μg mL−1 (high level). Two plants...

For thefirst time, a novel and versatile microfluidic device wasdeveloped to achieve the possibility of combining different extraction principlesusing a miniaturized approach for the extraction of different classes of analytes.This novel microchip is composed of a sandwich of three poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) layers. Four channels allowed...

new microfluidic device to enhance the enrichment factor in miniaturized systems is proposed. The microfluidic system was design for liquid phase microextractions, and it was applied to the simultaneous extraction of acidic compounds of a wide range of polarity (0.5 < log P < 3). The device operated under stagnant acceptor phase conditions and...

The use of polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) as support of 1-octanol liquid membrane in electromembrane extraction (EME) procedure is proposed. Synthesis of PIMs were optimized to a composition of 29% (w/w) of cellulose triacetate as base polymer and 71% (w/w) of Aliquat®336 as cationic carrier. Flat PIMs of 25 µm thickness and 6 mm diameter...

A procedure based on microwave assisted extraction for the determination of 6 pharmaceuticals in samples of Lavandula dentata, Salicornia ramosissima and Juncus sp. by liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF/MS) was optimized and validated. Best results were obtained using microwave assisted extraction of 1.0...

The presence of fruits provokes significant modifications in plant water relations and leaf gas exchange. The underlying processes driving these modifications are still uncertain and likely depend on the water deficit level. Our objective was to explain and track the modification of leaf-water relations by the presence of fruits and water...

The paper describes a comprehensive study of the importance of cations to improve the efficiency and mass transfer in the electromembrane extraction for the determination of non-steroidal antiinflammatory. The procedure has been demonstrated to be adequate for the analysis of the selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in human urine...

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados obtenidos para el contenido en provitamina D2 (ergosterol) en diferentes muestras de origen vegetal. Muestras de lechuga, dátiles, uvas, arroz y champiñones fueron sometidas a un tratamiento de extracción con hexano y el contenido en ergosterol medido mediante análisis por cromatografía líquida de...

In this study, an electro assisted liquid phase microextraction (EA-LPME) procedure to determine seven parabens (methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, and benzyl paraben) and three of their key hydroxy metabolites (4-hydroxy, 3,4-dihydroxy, and 3,4,5-trihydroxy benzoic acid) was optimised in maternal urine and amniotic fluid...

Pharmaceutical drugs in the aquatic medium may pose significant risk to non-target organisms. In this study, the potential toxicity of a mixture of three compounds commonly detected in marine waters (ibuprofen, ciprofloxacin and flumequine) was assessed, by studying bioaccumulation, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity parameters (catalase CAT,...

In this study, an electro assisted liquid phase microextraction (EA-LPME) procedure to determine seven parabens (methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, and benzyl paraben) and three of their key hydroxy metabolites (4-hydroxy, 3,4-dihydroxy, and 3,4,5-trihydroxy benzoic acid) was optimised in maternal urine and amniotic fluid...

Up to now, most electromembrane extraction methods describe the use of pure organic solvents or mixtures as supported liquid membrane. However, the need to incorporate carriers in the supported liquid membrane to achieve the extraction of high polar compounds, seems to indicate that the presence of certain additives in the organic solvent may...

In this work, the determination of 2,4-, 2,5- and 2,6-dinitrophenols and the identification of some of their metabolites in human urine and saliva is proposed. A three phase hollow fiber based liquid phase microextraction prior to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry allowed low...

Background and Purpose: Organisms, including humans, are subjected to the simultaneous action of a wide variety of pollutants, the effects of which should not be considered in isolation, as many synergies and antagonisms have been found between many of them. Therefore, this work proposes an in vivo study to evaluate the effect of certain metal...

The knowledge about the effects of pharmaceuticals on aquatic organisms has been increasing in the last decade. However, due to the variety of compounds presents in the aquatic medium, exposure scenarios and exposed organisms, there are still many gaps in the knowledge on how mixtures of such bioactive compounds affect exposed non target...

In this work the presence of different pharmaceuticals at Doñana National Park (Spain) and their main entry sources (input source or entry points) have been stated over the 2011–2016 years period. Twenty-three selected pharmaceuticals (corresponding to eight therapeutic families) were evaluated in crayfish and water samples from Doñana National...