Abstract The estrogens 17-β-estradiol (E2) and 17-α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) are reported as
highly endocrine-disrupting agents, being recently included in an EU watch list regarding …

A new approach is conceptualized for measuring small-area human populations by using
biomarkers in sewage. The basis for the concept (SCIM: Sewage Chemical-Information …

This paper evaluated the occurrence and removal efficiency of four estrogenic hormones in
five biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), located in the State of Ceará, Brazil …

Recent trends in the determination of pharmaceutical drugs in wastewaters focus on the
development of rapid multi-residue methods. This review addresses recent analytical trends …

Alkylsilyl reagents are the most widely used reagents for the derivatization of polar
compounds containing labile hydrogen atoms for gas chromatography. In this article the …

In this paper, a new working approach is described for the analysis of steroids as
environmental water pollutants. As novelty to the field, steroids were identified and …

A simple, accurate and highly sensitive multiresidues method was developed for the
determination of 9 anabolic steroids and 16 β-agonists in milk. Target compounds were …

Xenoestrogens may persist in the environment by binding to sediments or suspended
particulate matter serving as long-term reservoir and source of exposure, particularly for …

In this study we applied DIMETRIS (dimethyl (3, 3, 3-trifluoropropyl) silyldiethylamine), a new
silylating reagent, to derivative natural estrogens such as estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2) …

An exhaustive GC–MS acquisition study was performed, for the simultaneous analysis of
natural and synthetic steroids and cholic acids (in order to insert them into the last tierce of …