Tang, Shuqin;Sun, Xiangfei;Qiao, Xinhang;Cui, Wenxuan;Yu, Feixiang;Zeng, Xiaowen;Covaci, Adrian;Chen, Da published 《Prenatal Exposure to Emerging Plasticizers and Synthetic Antioxidants and Their Potency to Cross Human Placenta》 in 2022. The article was appeared in 《Environmental Science & Technology》. They have made some progress in their research.Formula: C14H22O The article mentions the following:
Gestational exposure to environmental chems. and subsequent permeation through the placental barrier represents potential health risks to both pregnant women and their fetuses. In the present study, we explored prenatal exposure to a suite of 46 emerging plasticizers and synthetic antioxidants (including five transformation products of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene, BHT) and their potency to cross human placenta based on a total of 109 maternal and cord serum pairs. Most of these chems. have rarely or never been investigated for prenatal exposure and associated health risks. Eleven of them exhibited detection frequency greater than 50% in maternal blood, including di-Bu fumarate (DBF), 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol (2,4-DtBP), 1,3-diphenylguanidine (DPG), methyl-2-(benzoyl)benzoate (MBB), tri-Et citrate (TEC), BHT, and its five metabolites, with a median concentration from 0.05 to 3.1 ng/mL. The transplacental transfer efficiency (TTE) was determined for selected chems. with valid measurements in more than 10 maternal/cord blood pairs, and the mean TTEs exhibited a large variation (i.e., 0.29-2.14) between chems. The determined TTEs for some of the target chems. were comparable to the predicted values by our previously proposed models developed from mol. descriptors, indicating that their transplacental transfer potency could be largely affected by physicochem. properties and mol. structures. However, addnl. biol. and physiol. factors may influence the potency of environmental chems. to cross human placenta. Overall, our study findings raise concern on human exposure to an increasing list of plastic additives during critical life stages (e.g., pregnancy) and potential health risks. To complete the study, the researchers used 4-tert-Octylphenol (cas: 140-66-9) .
4-tert-Octylphenol(cas: 140-66-9) has been used as a reference standard for the determination of the analyte in water samples using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC/MS/MS).Formula: C14H22O
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