Table 5.
DEHP and DiNP metabolites currently detected by MS in human amniotic fluid.
| Metabolite | Studya | Detected | LOD (ng/mL) | Median (ng/mL) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEHP | ||||||||
| MEHP | 1 | (+) | 0.86 | < LOD | ||||
| 2 | + | 0.90 | 22.10 | |||||
| 3 | + | 0.15 | 1.60 | |||||
| 5OH-MEHP | 1 | – | — | — | ||||
| 3 | (+) | 0.15 | < LOD | |||||
| 4 | – | 0.10 | — | |||||
| 5oxo-MEHP | 1 | – | — | — | ||||
| 3 | (+) | 0.15 | < LOD | |||||
| 4 | – | 0.03 | — | |||||
| 5cx-MEPP | 3 | + | 0.15 | 0.53 | ||||
| 4 | + | 0.05 | 0.27 | |||||
| 2cx-MMHP | 3 | + | 0.15 | 0.64 | ||||
| DiNP | ||||||||
| Monoisononyl phthalate | 1 | – | — | — | ||||
| 7OH-MMeOP | 3 | – | 0.15 | — | ||||
| 4 | – | 0.01 | — | |||||
| 7oxo-MMeOP | 3 | – | 0.15 | — | ||||
| 4 | – | 0.02 | — | |||||
| 7cx-MMeHP | 3 | (–)b | 0.15 | — | ||||
| 4 | + | 0.02 | 0.07 | |||||
| Symbols: – not detected, (+) poorly detected (median below LOD), + detected, — not available. aStudies: 1, Silva et al. (2004), United States; 2, Huang et al. (2009), Taiwan; 3, Wittassek et al. (2009), Germany; 4, present study, Denmark. b7cx-MMeHP was detected in only 1 of 11 samples. | ||||||||