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  • Measuring organic pollutants (OPs) in human serum is vital for assessing population exposure.
  • Current methods for large-scale analysis of diverse OPs in serum are often inefficient and costly.
  • Existing techniques face challenges in balancing accuracy, cost, and throughput for epidemiological studies.

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  • To develop a high-efficiency extraction and sample cleanup protocol for simultaneous, quantitative analysis of multiple OPs in human serum.
  • To create a cost-effective and scalable method suitable for large-scale epidemiological investigations.
  • To improve upon existing methods like QuEChERS and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) in terms of efficiency and cost.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel protocol involving extraction with n-hexane/methyl tert-butyl ether and a two-step cleanup using PSA/C18 and AlO/SiG columns.
  • Utilized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for simultaneous and quantitative analysis of OPs.
  • Compared the protocol's performance against traditional gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and a QuEChERS-based method.

Main Results:

  • The developed protocol achieved comparable recoveries (80%-110%) for four classes of OPs to GPC.
  • The new method consumed approximately 10 times less solvent than GPC, reducing costs and contamination risks.
  • The protocol demonstrated superior efficiency for batch processing, making it ideal for large sample sizes in epidemiological studies.

Conclusions:

  • The novel protocol offers a highly efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solution for analyzing multiple organic pollutants in human serum.
  • This method significantly reduces solvent consumption and experimental expenses compared to traditional techniques.
  • The protocol's suitability for batch processing supports its application in large-scale epidemiological research for accurate exposure assessment.