Cork-based activated carbons as supported adsorbent materials for trace level analysis of ibuprofen and clofibric acid in environmental and biological matrices

N. R. Neng, A. S. Mestre, A. P. Carvalho, J. M.F. Nogueira

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Abstract

In this contribution, powdered activated carbons (ACs) from cork waste were supported for bar adsorptive micro-extraction (BAμE), as novel adsorbent phases for the analysis of polar compounds. By combining this approach with liquid desorption followed by high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (BAμE(AC)-LD/HPLC-DAD), good analytical performance was achieved using clofibric acid (CLOF) and ibuprofen (IBU) model compounds in environmental and biological matrices. Assays performed on 30mL water samples spiked at the 25.0μgL-1 level yielded recoveries around 80% for CLOF and 95% for IBU, under optimized experimental conditions. The ACs textural and surface chemistry properties were correlated with the results obtained. The analytical performance showed good precision (<15%), suitable detection limits (0.24 and 0.78μgL-1 for CLOF and IBU, respectively) and good linear dynamic ranges (r2>0.9922) from 1.0 to 600.0μgL-1. By using the standard addition methodology, the application of the present approach to environmental water and urine matrices allowed remarkable performance at the trace level. The proposed methodology proved to be a viable alternative for acidic pharmaceuticals analysis, showing to be easy to implement, reliable, sensitive and requiring low sample volume to monitor these priority compounds in environmental and biological matrices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6263-6270
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume1218
Issue number37
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bar adsorptive micro-extraction (BAμE)
  • Biological matrices
  • Clofibric acid
  • Cork-based activated carbons
  • Environmental matrices
  • HPLC-DAD
  • Ibuprofen

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