Analytical developments to study real samples from oil spill in Pernambuco coast: simulations, chemical characterization and ecotoxicity bioassays

• Grant number: 20/01064-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Agreement: CONFAP - National Council of State Research Support Foundations
• Principal Investigator: Leandro Wang Hantao
• Grantee: Leandro Wang Hantao
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In the past months, the Brazilian community has witnessed the negative outcomes of the contamination of the northeastern cost caused by oil spill, due to the intense activities related to oil and gas industry. The emergency plan and responses for such disasters under Brazilian jurisdiction is defined by National Council of the Environment (CONAMA), however, there is only a shy effort by the Brazilian scientific community to research the chemical and biological impacts of oil spill on the environment and human health, creating a considerable deficiency in fundamental knowledge and understating in this area. Accordingly, there is a critical gap of knowledge, yet to be explored, regarding the impact of anthropogenic activities from the oil and gas sector to the environment, e.g., levels of contaminants found in sediments and waters. For instance, the complete scope of 'emerging' organic contaminants from oil spills in water and sediments is still unknown, due to overwhelmingly complex nature of such samples. Some hydrocarbons are commonly adopted as markers to trace oil spills in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Furthermore, polar organic compounds that migrate from petroleum to water are extremely toxic to aquatic organisms and may be persistent in the environment. However, the identification and quantitation of such markers and compounds is not a trivial task, requiring the successful application of highly selective and sensitive methods, which requires an integrated approach by combining different analytical techniques. A clear understanding of the composition of such contaminants is necessary to plan emergency responses to oil spill, since the 'simple' removal of oil from water and sediments is palliative and does not effectively address the treatment of contaminated waters and soils. Accordingly, little is known about the short- and long-term effects of such contaminants in aquatic ecosystems and the real impact on human health and local economy, namely, fishing and tourism. In this context, this research proposal aims the development of reliable methods to characterize real oil samples collected in the shores of Pernambuco and also samples generated from off- and on-shore oil spill experiments. The compositional investigation of such complex mixtures will rely on ultra-high resolution and high accuracy mass spectrometry hyphenated to chromatographic techniques (i.e., GC/MS, GC×GC/MS e LC/MS). The ecotoxicology effects of such contaminated soils and waters will be assessed using Tisbe biminiensis crustacean. The integration chemical and biological analyses will be guided by the effect-direct analysis by establishing valid and reliable chemometric models. These results should improve our understanding on the environmental impacts of oil spills, update standard methods for chemical analyses, and aid in planning treatments for contaminated soils and waters. To successfully accomplish these goals, this multidisciplinary proposal is sedimented on a team of researchers from Brazilian institutions and well-established north American researchers by exchanging fundamental knowledge through meetings and technical visiting. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PORTELLA, ROBERTO O.; CORDEIRO, ERICK M. G.; MARQUES, ANA PAULA S.; MING, LIN C.; ZUCCHI, I, MARIA; LIMA, MARIA P.; MARTINS, ERNANE R.; HANTAO, LEANDRO W.; SAWAYA, ALEXANDRA C. H. F.; SEMIR, JOAO; et al. Evidence of altitudinal gradient modifying genomic and chemical diversity in populations of Lychnophora pinaster Mart.. Phytochemistry, v. 192, DEC 2021. (17/24927-7, 20/01064-6)

CRUCELLO, JULIANA; MEDEIROS JUNIOR, IRIS; DE CARVALHO, ROGERIO MESQUITA; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Profiling organic acids in produced water samples using vacuum-assisted sorbent extraction and gas chromatography coupled to Fourier transform Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Microchemical Journal, v. 180, p. 8-pg., 2022-09-01. (20/01064-6, 14/50867-3)

LIMA RASSIUS, ALEXANDRE MEDEIRO; FERRAZ SOFIA, MADRUGA MARCONDES; CARDOSO VICTOR, GUSTAVO KELIS; TEIXEIRA, CARLOS ALBERTO; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Authentication of fish oil (omega-3) supplements using class-oriented chemometrics and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2022-11-14. (14/50867-3, 20/01064-6)

CASTIBLANCO, EDUARDO BALLEN; QUERO, REVERSON FERNANDES; DE OLIVEIRA, AMILTON MOREIRA; DE JESUS, DOSIL PEREIRA; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Improving selective channel occlusion of complex hydrocarbons and fatty acid methyl esters in urea crystals by using an expendable 3D-printed microfluidic device for sample preparation in untargeted petroleomics. Analytica Chimica Acta, v. 1160, MAY 22 2021. (20/01064-6, 13/22127-2, 14/50867-3, 17/00358-3)

DE OLIVEIRA, AMILTON MOREIRA; TEIXEIRA, CARLOS ALBERTO; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Evaluation of the retention profile in flow-modulated comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and independent component analysis of weathered heavy oils. Microchemical Journal, v. 172, n. B, JAN 2022. (20/01064-6, 14/50867-3)

PAIVA, ANDRE CUNHA; CRUCELLO, JULIANA; PORTO, NATHALIA DE AGUIAR; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Fundamentals of and recent advances in sorbent-based headspace extractions. TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 139, JUN 2021. (14/50867-3, 20/01064-6)

MOREIRA DE OLIVEIRA, AMILTON; TEIXEIRA, CARLOS ALBERTO; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Advanced tuning of the ion management parameters in GC x GC-HRMS using a Fourier transform Orbitrap mass analyzer for pixel-based data handling and multivariate analysis. ANALYTICAL METHODS, v. 14, n. 16, p. 9-pg., 2022-04-04. (20/01064-6, 14/50867-3)

KELIS CARDOSO, VICTOR GUSTAVO; SABIN, GUILHERME POST; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) combined with chemometrics for real-time beer analysis. ANALYTICAL METHODS, v. 14, n. 15, p. 8-pg., 2022-03-07. (20/01064-6)

CRUCELLO, JULIANA; SAMPAIO, NAIARA M. F. M.; MEDEIROS JUNIOR, IRIS; CARVALHO, ROGERIO MESQUITA; GIONFRIDDO, EMANUELA; MARRIOTT, PHILIP J.; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Automated method using direct-immersion solid-phase microextraction and on-fiber derivatization coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry for profiling naphthenic acids in produced water. Journal of Chromatography A, v. 1692, p. 10-pg., 2023-02-07. (20/01064-6, 14/50867-3)

CRUCELLO, JULIANA; DE OLIVEIRA, AMILTON MOREIRA; SAMPAIO, NAIARA MARIANA FIORI MONTEIRO; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Miniaturized systems for gas chromatography: Developments in sample preparation and instrumentation. Journal of Chromatography A, v. 1685, p. 21-pg., 2022-11-02. (20/01064-6, 14/50867-3)

PORTO, NATHALIA DE AGUIAR; CRUCELLO, JULIANA; FACANALI, ROSELAINE; MEDEIROS JUNIOR, IRIS; CARVALHO, ROGERIO MESQUITA; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Profiling naphthenic acids in produced water using hollow fiber liquid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography coupled to Fourier transform Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, v. 1655, OCT 11 2021. (14/50867-3, 20/01064-6)

FACANALI, ROSELAINE; PORTO, NATHALIA DE A.; CRUCELLO, JULIANA; CARVALHO, ROGERIO M.; VAZ, BONIEK G.; HANTAO, LEANDRO W.. Naphthenic Acids: Formation, Role in Emulsion Stability, and Recent Advances in Mass Spectrometry-Based Analytical Methods. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY, v. 2021, DEC 17 2021. (20/01064-6)

KELIS CARDOSO, VICTOR GUSTAVO; SABIN, GUILHERME POST; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG. Fast High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics for Evaluation of Sensory Parameters of Commercial Coffee Blends. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 8, n. 32, p. 91-106, JUL-SEP 2021. (20/01064-6)

FERREIRA, VICTOR H. C.; HANTAO, LEANDRO W.; POPPI, RONEI J.. Use of color based chromatographic images obtained from comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography in authentication analyses. Talanta, v. 234, NOV 1 2021. (20/01064-6)

PINHEIRO, GUILHERME PEREZ; GRACIANO, DIEGO DA SILVA; MAYER, JULIANA LISCHKA SAMPAIO; HANTAO, LEANDRO WANG; SAWAYA, ALEXANDRA CHRISTINE HELENA FRANKLAND. Glandular trichomes of Coleus amboinicus Lour. and the effect of developmental stage on leaf headspace volatile composition. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, v. 152, p. 11-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/01064-6)