A highly efficient three-phase single drop microextraction technique for sample preconcentration

Analyst. 2015 May 7;140(9):3193-200. doi: 10.1039/c4an02324b. Epub 2015 Mar 10.

Abstract

A highly efficient three-phase single drop microextraction (SDME) method is presented by using an organic-aqueous compound droplet. A coupling microdevice is designed to produce compound droplets in different sizes conveniently. In this way, the volume ratio of organic phase to aqueous phase in a compound droplet can be significantly reduced. Good operability and droplet stability were observed during extraction under vigorous stirring conditions. Five statins were used as model compounds and spiked in river water and human serum samples to evaluate the analytical performance of the proposed method. By using a 1.2 μL toluene-aqueous compound droplet (volume ratio 0.2 : 1), a 350 to 1712 fold enrichment of statins was obtained within 4 minutes. The results indicate that the proposed method is a very rapid and efficient sample pretreatment method, and is promising for automated and high-throughput applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Anticholesteremic Agents / analysis
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / blood*
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / analysis
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / blood*
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / isolation & purification
  • Limit of Detection
  • Liquid Phase Microextraction / economics
  • Liquid Phase Microextraction / instrumentation*
  • Rivers / chemistry*
  • Sample Size
  • Toluene / chemistry
  • Water / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water
  • Toluene