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TALANTA
Volume 231, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122339
Keywords
Celastrol Molecularly imprinted polymers; Synergistic imprinting; Cu2+ coordination; Magnetic carbon nanotubes; Traditional Chinese medicines
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- National Key Research and Development of China [2018YFC1602401]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22074067]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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A novel strategy to prepare molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) functionalized magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs) for selective recognition of celastrol in traditional Chinese medicines was presented. The MIPs showed fast kinetic equilibrium time, high adsorption capacity, good imprinting factor, and high magnetic responsivity. A selective and sensitive method based on MIPs coupled with HPLC was developed, demonstrating great potential for efficient isolation of target analytes in complex samples.
In this work, a novel strategy to prepare molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) functionalized magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs) via a facile sol-gel polymerization by adopting Cu2+-mediating interaction was presented for selective recognition of celastrol (Cel), in the traditional Chinese medicines (TCM). Firstly, template Cel, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) as monomer and Cu2+ (co-monomer) were mixed to form a self-assembled pre-complex, in which Cu2+ could coordinate with Cel. Meanwhile, APTES plays a role of bridge between APTES and Cel. Secondly, carboxyl modified MCNTs as substrate was added into the pre-complex solution. After that, a multi-step sol-gel polymerization process was occurred in the presence of tetraethylorthosilicate as cross-linker and acetic acid as catalyst. Finally, MIPs layer was formed on the surface of the MCNTs (Cel-MIPs@MCNTs) after the removal of template with methanol/acetic. The morphology and structure of Cel-MIPs@MCNTs was investigated by various characterization techniques. The adsorption performance of Cel-MIPs@MCNTs to Cel was illustrated by kinetic, isothermal and selective binding experiments. The results displayed that the Cel-MIPs@MCNTs possessed fast kinetic equilibrium time (40 s), high adsorption capacity (13.35 mu g mg(-1)), good imprinting factor of 3.41, and high magnetic responsivity (44.38 emu.g(-1)), which can be used as an ideal adsorbent for rapid isolation and enrichment of target analytes. A selective and sensitive method based on Cel-MIPs@MCNTs coupling with HPLC was developed for Cel determination including a wide linear range (0.15-200 mu g mL(-1)) with correlation coefficient of 0.9998, a low limit of detection (0.05 mu g mL(-1)). Furthermore, the applicability of Cel-MIPs@MCNTs was demonstrated to isolate and determine Cel in TCM samples with satisfactory recoveries ranged from 84.47% to 91.5% (RSD<5.35%). The results revealed that Cel-MIPs@MCNTs offer great potential as an adsorbent for selective and efficient isolation of Cel from complex TCM samples.
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