Quantitative analysis of some inorganic anions (nitrate and nitrite) in metropolitan and bottled water samples using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Abdul, Ibrahim Hotan Alsohaimi, Mohammad Rizwan Khan, Zeid Abdullah Alothman, Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur, Masoom Raza Siddiqui, Nasser Fahad Alotaibi, Ayman . 2018
N-Nitroso compounds have been recognized as potent carcinogens and are produced endogenously
from drinking water and nutritional supply of nitrate and nitrite. Thus, the screening of nitrate and
nitrite has become essential to certify the quality and protection of drinking water. In the present
study, a new, rapid and precise technique based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray
ionization mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI/MS) has been optimized for the analysis of nitrate
and nitrite in drinking water. The nitrate and nitrite were separated using reversed-phase Acquity
UPLC™ BEH C18 (50 mm × 2.1 mm i.d., 1.7 μm particle size) analytical column at optimum isocratic
mobile phase compositions (water/methanol, 25/75, v/v). The established technique was linear (R2
> 0.999) over the working concentration values from 0.010 to 10 mg L–1, the run-to-run and day-today
precisions were <4% (n = 5) in terms of relative standard deviation (RSD, %), when examining a
nitrate and nitrite standard mixture of concentration 0.05 mg L–1. Nitrate and nitrite detection limits
were found to be 0.03 μg L–1 and 0.04 μg L–1, respectively. The proposed UPLC-ESI/MS technique
has been employed effectively for determination of nitrate and nitrite in metropolitan and bottled
water samples that have already used in Saudi Arabia. Ten metropolitan and twenty bottled water
samples have been examined and result was found in the range of 0.35–9.02 mg L–1 for both anions.
The recovery rates of nitrate and nitrite were higher than 99% in all of the analyzed water samples.
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