Chitosan-based molecular imprinted polymer for extraction and spectrophotometric determination of ketorolac in human...

A selective chitosan-based ion exchange molecular imprinted polymer (MIP) was prepared for ketorolac (KET) using the sol-gel method and glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker. The nonimprinted polymer (NIP) was prepared and used as a control, during the whole experiment. The chemical and morphological characteristics of the prepared polymers were investigated using FTIR and SEM, respectively. The prepared MIP was applied to determine the optimum operational conditions for KET extraction from dilute aqueous solutions. The adsorption step was performed at pH 5 and a contact time of 20 min, using 0.1 N HCl as an elution solvent for 30 min. The specificity of the prepared polymer was indicated by an imprinting factor of 1.45. The prepared MIP was successfully applied for selective solid phase extraction and subsequent determination of KET in spiked human plasma samples over a range of 2-20 μg/mL, with a mean % recovery of 94.62% using derivative spectroscopy.