An Improved Microfluidic Device to Enhance the Enrichment Factors in Liquid Phase Microextraction: Application to the Simultaneous Extraction of Polar and Non-polar Acids in Biological Samples

new microfluidic device to enhance the enrichment factor in miniaturized systems is proposed. The microfluidic system was design for liquid phase microextractions, and it was applied to the simultaneous extraction of acidic compounds of a wide range of polarity (0.5 < log P < 3). The device op...

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Autores: Martín, Alejandro, Fernández Torres, Rut, Bello López, Miguel Ángel, Ramos Payán, María Dolores
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/156908
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/156908
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-023-05752-9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acidic drugs
Liquid phase microextraction
Microfluidic
Sample treatment
Supported liquid membrane
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Sumario:new microfluidic device to enhance the enrichment factor in miniaturized systems is proposed. The microfluidic system was design for liquid phase microextractions, and it was applied to the simultaneous extraction of acidic compounds of a wide range of polarity (0.5 < log P < 3). The device operated under stagnant acceptor phase conditions and all the operational parameters involved were optimized. Tributyl phosphate was found to be a new highly efficient supported liquid membrane to simultaneously extract analytes of very different polarities. The optimal donor and acceptor phase were pH 2 and pH 13, respectively. The donor flow rate and the extraction time were investigated simultaneously, offering great versatility with high enrichment factors (EFs). Limits of quantitation were within 0.02 and 0.09 µg mL−1 for all compounds at 10 µL min−1 as donor flow rate and 20-min extractions, offering EFs between 11 and 18 with only 200-µL sample volume consumption. The method was successfully applied to human urine samples, observing recoveries between 47 and 90% for all compounds. This new proposed microfluidic system increases the wide range of applications, especially when the analytes are present in lower concentrations in the sample.