VALIDAÇÃO INTRALABORATORIAL DA DETERMINAÇÃO DE METILTESTOSTERONA EM ÁGUAS NATURAIS POR VOLTAMETRIA USANDO ELETRODO DE GOTA PENDENTE DE MERCÚRIO

17α-methyltestosterone (17α-MT) is a hormone used in medicine and aquaculture which can be found in natural waters. It is considered an emerging organic pollutant and its accurate and precise analysis is required. Therefore, this study presents the in-house validation of a new voltammetric methodology for 17α-MT analysis in natural waters. A hanging mercury drop electrode and NaOH 5.0×10-3 mol L-1 solution as the electrolyte were employed in the voltammetric determinations. To confirm the presence of 17α-MT in water samples quantitative analysis was performed by ESI-MS/MS. The methodology exhibited good selectivity, linearity, accuracy (recovery of between 100.4 and 108.8%) and precision (RSDs for repeatability of 2.85% and for intermediate precision of 14.10%, with n = 5, respectively). LOD and LOQ were 3.07 µg L-1 and 10.78 µg L-1, respectively. The methodology was suitable for determination of 17α-MT in natural waters due to low-cost, good performance and no sample pre-treatment required.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Miranda,Luciane, Felsner,Maria L., Torres,Yohandra R., Hoss,Ivonete, Galli,Andressa, Quináia,Sueli P.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422015000300419
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