Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater

Emma  Gracia-Lor; Nikolaos I. Rousis; Ettore Zuccato; Richard Bade; Jose Antonio Baz Lomba; Erika Castrignanò; Ana Causanilles; Félix Hernández; Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern; Juliet Kinyua; Ann Kathrin McCall; Alexander L.N. van Nuijs; Benedek G. Plósz; Pedram Ramin; Yeonsuk Ryu; Miguel A. Santos; Kevin Thomas; Pim de Voogt; Zhugen Yang; Sara Castiglioni

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.258

Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater

Emma Gracia-Lor, Nikolaos I. Rousis, Ettore Zuccato, Richard Bade, Jose Antonio Baz Lomba, Erika Castrignanò, Ana Causanilles, Félix Hernández, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Juliet Kinyua, Ann Kathrin McCall, Alexander L.N. van Nuijs, Benedek G. Plósz, Pedram Ramin, Yeonsuk Ryu, Miguel A. Santos, Kevin Thomas, Pim de Voogt, Zhugen Yang, Sara Castiglioni

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Abstract

Caffeine metabolites in wastewater were investigated as potential biomarkers for assessing caffeine intake in a population. The main human urinary metabolites of caffeine were measured in the urban wastewater of ten European cities and the metabolic profiles in wastewater were compared with the human urinary excretion profile. A good match was found for 1,7-dimethyluric acid, an exclusive caffeine metabolite, suggesting that might be a suitable biomarker in wastewater for assessing population-level caffeine consumption. A correction factor was developed considering the percentage of excretion of this metabolite in humans, according to published pharmacokinetic studies. Daily caffeine intake estimated from wastewater analysis was compared with the average daily intake calculated from the average amount of coffee consumed by country per capita. Good agreement was found in some cities but further information is needed to standardize this approach. Wastewater analysis proved useful to providing additional local information on caffeine use.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1582-1588
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	609
Early online date	8 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.258
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2017

Keywords

1,7-dimethyluric acid
Back-calculation
Caffeine
Correction factor
Urinary biomarkers
Wastewater-based epidemiology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution

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Gracia-Lor, E., Rousis, N. I., Zuccato, E., Bade, R., Baz Lomba, J. A., Castrignanò, E., Causanilles, A., Hernández, F., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kinyua, J., McCall, A. K., van Nuijs, A. L. N., Plósz, B. G., Ramin, P., Ryu, Y., Santos, M. A., Thomas, K., de Voogt, P., Yang, Z., & Castiglioni, S. (2017). Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 609, 1582-1588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.258

Gracia-Lor, E, Rousis, NI, Zuccato, E, Bade, R, Baz Lomba, JA, Castrignanò, E, Causanilles, A, Hernández, F, Kasprzyk-Hordern, B, Kinyua, J, McCall, AK, van Nuijs, ALN, Plósz, BG, Ramin, P, Ryu, Y, Santos, MA, Thomas, K, de Voogt, P, Yang, Z & Castiglioni, S 2017, 'Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 609, pp. 1582-1588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.258

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