Bisfenol A

Introducción

El bisfenol A es uno de los químicos más producidos a nivel mundial y una de sus principales
fuentes es la comida. Normalmente, se utilizan técnicas de LC-MS o GC-MS para separar,
identificar y cuantificar los analitos. También se utilizan otras técnicas alternativas como LC
acoplada a fluorescencia, electroquímicos o inmunológicos. La preparación de la muestra
requiere varias etapas de duración prolongada.[ 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.06.037]
Produce alteraciones en el metabolismo de los estrógenos porque interactúa con el receptor de los estrogenos

Bisphenol A (BPA), 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, is one of

the highest volume chemicals in theworld [1,2]. Global demand for
BPA is predicted to grow from 3.9 million tonnes in 2006 to about
5 million tonnes in 2010. The main market for BPA is the production
of polycarbonate with the second largest outlet being epoxy resins. A
wide variety of food contact materials stand out among their uses,
mainly derived from polycarbonates (infant feeding bottles, tableware,
microwave ovenware, storage containers, returnable water
and milk bottles and water pipes) and epoxy resins (internal protective
lining for food and beverage cans, coating on metal lids
for glass jars and bottles and surface-coating on drinking water
storage tanks and wine vats)

In general, heat-treated glassware (4 h at

400 ◦C) and solvent-washed materials are used as a precautionary
measure to prevent background contamination[ B. Shao, H. Han, D. Li, Y. Ma, X. Tu, Y.Wu, Food Chem. 105 (2007) 1236.]