Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2021)
Original articles

Presence of steroid hormones in Lake Titicaca and drinking water, Puno (Peru)

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  • Walter Zamalloa-Cuba,
  • Sirleith Siomara Condori Canaza,
  • Olivia Magaly Luque Vilca,
  • Luiz Tornisielo Valdemar ,
  • Franz Zirena Vilca
Walter Zamalloa-Cuba
Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano Puno, Perú
Sirleith Siomara Condori Canaza
Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
Olivia Magaly Luque Vilca
Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería en Industrias Alimentarias, Universidad Nacional de Juliaca
Luiz Tornisielo Valdemar
Centro de Energía Nuclear na Agricultura, Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Brasil
Franz Zirena Vilca
Laboratorio de contaminantes orgánicos y ambiente del IINDEP, Universidad Nacional de Moquegua

Published 2021-10-31

Keywords

  • Liquid chromatography,
  • environmental risk,
  • emerging contaminant,
  • Titicaca

How to Cite

Zamalloa-Cuba, W., Condori Canaza, S. S. ., Luque Vilca, O. M. ., Valdemar , L. T., & Zirena Vilca, F. . (2021). Presence of steroid hormones in Lake Titicaca and drinking water, Puno (Peru) . Revista De Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research, 23(4). https://doi.org/10.18271/ria.2021.307

Abstract

The presence of steroid hormones in lake waters causes contamination of aquatic ecosystems, which may cause endocrine alterations in the organisms that inhabit them. Moreover, many of these waters are purified and distributed to populations located around the lake; therefore, these effects could be repeated in humans who consume these waters. This study reports the presence of steroid hormone residues in the waters of the inner bay of Lake Titicaca and drinking water in the city of Puno-Perú. The Solid phase extraction method was used for sample preparation, and the analyses were developed in an HPLC-DAD system. Results show maximum concentrations of steroid hormones estrone (E1) 1.56, 17 β- estradiol (E2) 2.27, 17 α- ethinylestradiol (EE2) 13. 88 ng L-1 respectively. These concentrations vary at the different monitoring points, and their presence could cause ecotoxicological effects to the endemic aquatic biota that inhabit this part of this lake; at the same time they also could affect the health of the human population that consumes this water

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