Table 3.

The examples of organic substances occurred in various types of DPGs.

Type of gloves	Leached substance	Function	Concentration range (µg/g)	Sample preparation	Used technique	Ref.
Vinyl	1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one	Antimicrobial agent	nd – 26	Extraction with a mixture of water and methanol (3:1) overnight, RT	HPLC	(Hospital et al., 2007)
	Diethyleneglycol dibenzoate	Plasticizer	nd – 350	Extraction with n-heptane, 60 min, 25 °C	GC-MS	(Kawamura et al., 2002)
	Dipropyleneglycol dibenzoate	Plasticizer	nd – 520
	Diisononyl adipate	Plasticizer	nd – 750
	Alkylsulfonic acid phenyl ester	Plasticizer	nd – 1.39
	di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	Plasticizer	1.41–2.50a	Extraction with n-heptane, 60 min, 25 °C	GC-MS	(Kawamura et al., 2000)
	Diisononyl phthalate	Plasticizer	720a
	di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	Plasticizer	137–841a
	4-nonylphenol	Plasticizer	2.72–36.4a
	Alcohol ethoxylates	Emulsifiers	–	Water extraction without shaking, 30 min	LC-MS/MS (LTQ-Orbitrap)	(Reichel, 2012)
Foil	Octadecanoic acid amide	Antioxidant	–	Extraction with acetone, 30 min, 150 °C, again extraction with methanol, 30 min	FT-IR and GC-MS	(Sugiura et al., 2002)
	2,6-di-tert-butylphenol	Antioxidant	–
	di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	Antioxidant	–
	cis-13-docosenoic acid amide	Antioxidant	–
	octadecyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate	Antioxidant	–
Nitrile	Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate	Emulsifier	–	Water extraction without shaking, 30 min	LC-MS/MS (LTQ-Orbitrap)	(Reichel, 2012)
	Polyethylene glycols	Non-aqueous solvents	–
	Alcohol ethoxylates	Emulsifiers	–
	Alkylphenol ethoxylates	Emulsifiers	–
	phthalates	Plasticizers	–
Latex	Alcohol ethoxylates	Emulsifiers	–

nd – not detected, below the detection limit; RT – room temperature; FT-IR – Fourier infrared absorption spectrophotometry; GC-MS – gas chromatography with mass spectrometry; HPLC – high performance liquid chromatography; LC-MS/MS (LTQ-Orbitrap) – liquid chromatography equipped with orbitrap mass spectrometer.

^ain µg/cm².