Determination of ochratoxin A in wines by capillary liquid chromatography with laser induced fluorescence detection using dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction

A method based on reverse phase capillary high performance liquid chromatography (capillary HPLC) coupled to laser-induced fluorescence detection (LIF) has been proposed for the determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in wine samples. An anionic micellar medium was added to the mobile phase for increasing the fluorescence intensity and peak efficiency. Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) has been used as a simple and efficient sample pretreatment method for the analysis of OTA in wines, being optimised by means of experimental design. The limit of detection was 5.5 ng L-1 (3 x S/N) and recoveries for different wines ranged from 91.7 to 98.1%. The proposed methodology could be classified as a green analytical chemistry alternative, combining the low organic solvent volumes required in the DLLME with the reduced consumption of mobile phase in capillary HPLC. The use of LIF as detector provided an extremely sensitive method for the determination of OTA in wines. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.