Analysis of Chiral pollutants in the Environment: Fundamentals, Techniques and Application

Irene Aparicio is Full Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Seville, Spain, and member of the research group Anquimed "Industrial and Environmental Chemical Analysis", since its establishment. Her research trajectory is focused on the optimisation and development of analytical methodologies for the determination of emerging and priority organic contaminants, mainly pharmaceuticals and metabolites, in environmental matrices (surface water, wastewater, sewage sludge, and biota) and their application to fate, removal, degradation, and risk assessment studies. Esteban Alonso is Full Professor and Director of the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Seville. In 2004 he founded the research group Anquimed (Industrial and Environmental Chemical Analysis), with the purpose of improving specifically the knowledge about the dynamics of priority and emerging pollutants in several environmental scenarios and industrial installations. He worked at the Center for New Water Technologies, a non-profit association of private companies and government agencies focused on the field of novel water technologies, before joining the University of Seville. Juan L. Santos is full professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Seville, Spain, since 2022. He is member of the research group Anquimed (Industrial and Environmental Chemical Analysis) since 2004. His main research lines are focused on studying the dynamics of organic and inorganic pollutants in natural systems and industrial facilities, as well as evaluating the environmental impact of these pollutants on organisms in affected environmental compartments.

1. Fundamentals of chirality. Enantioselective behaviour and ecotoxicity of environmental chiral pollutants
Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, João Carrola, Cláudia Ribeiro and Ariana Pérez-Pereira
2. Chiral pharmaceuticals in environmental samples
Edmond Sanganyado
3. An overview of the enantioselective determination of pesticides in environmental samples
Anderson R. Moraes de Oliveira
4. An overview of the enantioselective determination of illicit drugs in environmental samples
Nuria Fontanals, Francesc Borrull and Rosa Maria Marcé
5. Recent progress in the analysis of isomers and enantiomers of perfluoroalkyl substances in environmental and biological samples
Kouji H. Harada
6. An overview of the enantioselective determination of polychlorinated biphenyls in environmental samples
David Megson and Gwen O'Sullivan
7. An overview of analytical methods for the enantioselective determination of brominated flame retardants in environmental samples
Silviu-Laurentiu Badea
8. An overview of the enantioselective determination of musk fragrances in environmental samples
Laura Martín-Pozo
9. Supercritical fluid chromatography with mass spectrometry for the determination of chiral pollutants
Isaac Rodriguez Pereiro
10. Multidimensional chromatography. A powerful technique in analysis of chiral agrochemicals in environment
Cecilia B. Castells
11. Capillary electrophoresis for the determination of chiral pollutants
M. L. Marina
12. An overview of indirect chiral determinations of environmental pollutants
Michael Lämmerhofer
13. Chiral pesticide fate in soils: processes, experimental considerations, and case studies
Rafael Celis
14. Application of enantiomeric analysis of illicit drugs in wastewater-based epidemiology
José Benito Quintana, Rosario Rodil, Andrea Estévez-Danta, Carlos Pernas, Xiana González-Gómez and Rosa Montes
15. Occurrence and enantioselective behaviour of chiral fluoroquinolones and their main metabolites in wastewater treatment plants
Esteban Alonso, Carmen Mejías, Marina Arenas, Julia Martín-Bueno and Juan Luis Santos
16. Environmental fate of chiral β-blockers in soils: effects of compost and digested sludge amendments and wastewater irrigation
Irene Aparicio, Julia Martín-Bueno, Esteban Alonso, Marina Arenas and Carmen Mejías