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Selective enrichment of anti-inflammatory drugs from river water samples by solid-phase extraction with a molecularly
Ester Caro1, Rosa M Marcé, Peter A G Cormack
1Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel, lí Domingo s/n, Campus Sescelades, Tarragona, Spain.
Abstract:
A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) is synthesised by a noncovalent protocol in which ibuprofen was used as a template molecule. The polymer was evaluated chromatographically and it was seen that the MIP showed cross-reactivity. Subsequently, when this polymer was used as sorbent in SPE it was possible to selectively extract a mixture of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from aqueous samples when a cleanup step with dichloromethane was performed. The performance of the MIP was evaluated with river water and water from a wastewater treatment plant, and compared with the performance of a commercial Isolute ENV+ sorbent.
