Comparing adsorption performance of microfibers and nanofibers with commercial molecularly imprinted polymers and restricted access media for extraction of bisphenols from milk coupled with liquid chromatography

Talanta. 2023 Jan 15:252:123822. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123822. Epub 2022 Aug 9.

Abstract

Advanced solid phase extraction (SPE) fibrous sorbents including polyethylene, polypropylene poly (hydroxybutyrate), and polyamide 6 nanofibers, polycaprolactone microfibers/nanofibers, polycaprolactone microfibers/polyvinylidene difluoride nanofibers, and poly (hydroxybutyrate) microfibers/polypropylene microfibers composites, as well as commercial molecularly imprinted polymers and restricted access media sorbent were compared in terms of bisphenols extraction from milk and their clean-up efficiency. Three on-line SPE-HPLC methods were completely validated for the extraction and detection of bisphenols A, AF, C, A diglycidyl ether, and F diglycidyl ether in bovine milk. Polycaprolactone composite nanofibers compared favorably to restricted access media, enabled excellent clean-up of bisphenols from the proteinaceous matrix, and yielded recoveries 98.0-124.5% and 93.0-115.0%, respectively, with RSD less than 10%. Total analysis time including on-line SPE step lasted only 12 min, which represents a significant reduction in time compared with previously reported as well as official European Union and AOAC methods defined for the determination of bisphenols in various matrices.

Keywords: Bisphenol; Milk; Molecularly imprinted polymer; Nanofiber; On-line SPE-HPLC; Restricted access media.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Ethers
  • Hydroxybutyrates
  • Milk
  • Molecular Imprinting* / methods
  • Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
  • Nanofibers* / chemistry
  • Polypropylenes
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods

Substances

  • Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
  • Polypropylenes
  • bisphenol A
  • Hydroxybutyrates
  • Ethers