Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 1182, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122941
Keywords
Optimization; Dispersive solid phase microextraction; Real samples; Thymol; Carvacrol; Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers
Funding
- Yasuj University of Medical Sciences [IR.YUMS.REC.1398.099]
- Yasuj, Iran
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A valid and effective method was developed in this study for the assessment of thymol and carvacrol in pharmaceutical syrups, utilizing a combination of magnetic molecular imprinted polymer dispersive solid phase microextraction and high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet techniques. The method showed high sorption capacities, quick separation, and good stability for thymol and carvacrol extraction.
To ascertain thymol and carvacrol in pharmaceutical syrups, a valid and effective magnetic molecular imprinted polymer dispersive solid phase microextraction (MMIP-DSPME) process was developed in this study, which was in combination with a high performance liquid chromatography-ultra violet (HPLC-UV) technique for the assessment of thymol and carvacrol separation and pre-concentration. Contact time, eluent kind and volume, pH, the mass of the MMIP were all taken into consideration as key factors. Design expert and multi-objective response surface methodology (RSM) were used to optimize these variables. The mass of the MMIP, sample pH, eluent kind, time of sorption, the volume of eluent, and time of elution were 10 mg, 6, acetonitrile, 28 min, 200 mu L, and 5.5 min, respectively, for the maximum extraction recovery of the analytes. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.042 ng mL(-1) at the optimal conditions, while the value for the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 0.140 ng mL(-1). At the optimized conditions for thymol and carvacrol, the suggested MMIP sorbent had sorption capacities of 64.1 and 72.6 mg g(-1), respectively. Furthermore, for triplicate measurements, the linear dynamic range (LDR) was 0.40-5000 ng mL(-1), and the method's accuracy (RSD %) was 6.26%. The saturation magnetization for the MMIP was 19.0 emu g(-1) obtained by VSM, allowing the sorbent to be separated quickly. The sorption experi-ments confirmed the large sorption capacity of the MMIP for thymol and carvacrol, as well as its homogeneous binding sites. The extraction recovery for thymol and carvacrol was 96.9-103.8% and 96.6-105.4%, respec-tively, at all spiked amounts (20, 100, 200, and 500 ng mL(-1)). The findings of seven desorption-regeneration cycles using MMIP demonstrated the high stability of the sorbent. The MMIP revealed a particular behavior of sorption for thymol and carvacrol, implying a selective, simple, effective, and flexible analytical method.
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