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Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Analytical Methods. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015 Steroid sex hormones O OH H H H H H H O Testosterone (T) HO Estrone (E1) OH O H H H H H H O HO 17β-Estradiol (17β-E2) 4-Androstene-3,17-dione (AND) OH OH H OH H H H H H H O HO Nandrolone (NAN) Estriol (E3) OH OH H H H H H H O 17α-Methyltestosterone (17α-MT) HO Ethinylestradiol (EE2) OH O O H HO OH H H H H H H O Prednisolone (PRED) O Progesterone (P) Non steroid hormones HO CH3 HO CH3 H C OH H C OH 3 Diethylstilbestrol (DES) 3 Hexestrol (HEX) Fig. A1. Chemical structure of selected endocrine disruptors. Fig. A2. Scheme of SPE procedure: a) PTFE disks, b) nylon filter membrane. Table A1. Characterization data for mesoporous silicas a Material BET surface Pore volume Pore L0C18 Particle morphology Average particle size 2 -1 3 -1 -1 (m g ) (cm g ) diameter (Å) (mmol C18 g ) (length x wide) SBA-15-C18 796 0.88 76 0.69 Cylindrical 1.4 µm x 750 nm a Amount of octadecyl groups per gram of silica Q3 Q4 Q2 DH 50 0 -50 -100 -150 -200 (ppm) 29 Fig. A3. Si NMR spectrum of SBA-15-C18. 140 0 % Weight Loss T 120 -5 100 s s o L Exothermic Procces 80 t -10 ) h C º g i 60 ( e T W Endothermic Procces -15 % 40 20 -20 0 -25 -20 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 T (ºC) Fig. A4. Termogravimetric curve and heat flow of SBA-15-C18. Table A2. Comparison of the recovery percentages obtained from the analysis (n = 3) of 50 mL of spiked Milli-Q water extracted with SPE cartridges packed with 100 mg of mesoporous silica. Analytes a) A b) B c) Estriol (E3) 104 ± 1 100 ± 1 Prednisolone (PRED) 102 ± 1 99 ± 2 Nandrolone (NAN) 105 ± 3 100 ± 1 17β-Estradiol (17β-E2) 111 ± 1 102 ± 1 Testosterone (T) 108 ± 2 98 ± 4 Ethinylestradiol (EE2) 109 ± 5 100 ± 3 Estrone (E1) 104 ± 4 100 ± 4 17α-Methyltestosterone (17α-MT) 102 ± 4 103 ± 5 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AND) 103 ± 3 101 ± 7 Diethylstilbestrol (DES) 89 ± 1 100 ± 8 Hexestrol (HEX) 106 ± 2 101 ± 8 Progesterone (P) 105 ± 3 94 ± 7 a Spiking level: 450 μg/L b Conditioning: 3 x 2 mL methanol and 3 x 5 mL water; washing: 3 x 5 mL water; elution: 3 x 2 mL methanol. c Conditioning: 2 mL methanol and 2 mL water; washing: 5 mL water; elution: 2 mL methanol (optimized conditions) Fig. A5. Recoveries curves versus sample volume obtained from the off-line SPE analysis of Milli-Q water spiked with a mixture of the analytes extracted with SPE cartridges packed with SBA-15-C18 . Estriol (E3), prednisolone (PRED), nandrolone (NAN), 17β-estradiol (17β-E2), testosterone (T), ethinylestradiol (EE2), estrone (E1), 17α-methyltestosterone (17α-MT), 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AND), diethylstilbestrol (DES), hexestrol (HEX) and progesterone (P). Fig. A6. Reusability of the SPE cartridges packed with SBA-15-C18. Estriol (E3), prednisolone (PRED), nandrolone (NAN), 17β-estradiol (17β-E2), testosterone (T), ethinylestradiol (EE2), estrone (E1), 17α-methyltestosterone (17α-MT), 4-androstene- 3,17-dione (AND), diethylstilbestrol (DES), hexestrol (HEX) and progesterone (P)..

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