Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1216, Issue 12, Pages 2248-2253Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2009.01.024
Keywords
Molecularly imprinted polymer; Carbamazepine; Oxcarbazepine; Solid-phase extraction; Precipitation polymerisation
Funding
- Ministry of Education and Science [CTM 2005-01774, CTM 2004-06265-03]
- Departament d'lnnovacio
- Universitat i Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Fons Social Europeu fora [2007FLB01357]
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Two molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), in the physical form of well-defined polymer microspheres, were synthesised via precipitation polymerisation (PP) using an antiepileptic drug, carbamazepine (CBZ), as template molecule, methacrylic acid as functional monomer and either divinylbenzene 80 (DVB-80) or a mixture of DVB-80 and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinking agents. The MIP obtained using DVB-80 alone as crosslinking agent (MIP A) had a narrow particle size distribution (9.5 +/- 0.5 mu m) and a well-developed permanent pore structure (specific surface area in the dry state = 758 m(2) g(-1)), whereas when a mixture of DVB-80 and EGDMA (MIP B) were used as crosslinking agents, the polymer obtained had a broader particle size distribution (6.4 +/- 1.8 mu m) and a relatively low specific surface area (23 m(2) g(-1)). The molecular recognition character of both polymers was evaluated by means of LC and then a molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction (MISPE) protocol; CBZ was recognised by both polymers, and useful cross-selectivity for oxcarbazepine (OCBZ), which is the main metabolite of CBZ, also observed. In a detailed bioanalytical study, MIP A was selected in preference to MIP B since MIP A enabled a high volume of sample to be extracted such that lower limits of detection were achievable using this polymer. High recoveries of CBZ and OCBZ were obtained in a MISPE protocol when 50 mL of human urine spiked at 0.2 mg L-1 were percolated through MIP A (90% and 83%, respectively). (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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