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Development of a sensitive method for determining traces of prohibited acrylamide in cosmetic products based on dispersive liquid-liquid microextract…
2020
Abstract According to the European Regulation on cosmetic products, the presence of acrylamide in these consumer products is not allowed due to its mutagenic and potentially carcinogenic effects. Despite this ban, acrylamide might be present in those cosmetic products containing acrylamide-based polymers. However, there is no analytical method for its determination in this type of matrices. Based on this, the development of analytical methods for the determination of acrylamide in cosmetic products is required to guarantee consumer safety. In this work, an analytical method for determining traces of prohibited acrylamide in cosmetic products is presented for the first time. The method is ba…
Fourier transform infrared determination of Fluometuron in pesticide formulations
2003
Abstract A single method has been developed for Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) determination of Fluometuron in pesticide formulations. Samples were ultrasonically shaken with CHCl3 for 5 min and the FTIR spectra of sample extracts and standards were obtained at a nominal resolution of 4 cm−1 from 4000 to 900 cm−1 accumulating 25 scans. Fluometuron determination is based on the measure of peak area from 1342 to 1321 cm−1 corrected using a baseline defined from 1352 to 1294 cm−1. This procedure provided a limit of detection of 6.5 μg g−1, a sensitivity of 0.852 a.u. g mg−1 for a pathlength of 0.11 mm, a relative standard deviation of 1.6% for three analysis of a sample containing 50.4% (w/…
In situ derivatization for double confirmation of 2C–C in oral fluids by ion mobility spectrometry
2017
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful tool to carry out quick and sensitive detection of illicit activities and has been employed for the determination of the psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-4 chlorophenethylamine (2C–C) in oral fluid samples. Saliva samples were extracted with chloroform and analysed by IMS reaching a limit of detection (LOD) of 14 μg L−1. Nevertheless, IMS has a scarce resolution and selectivity of the method can be often compromised by the presence of potential interferents with similar molecular weights and drift times. Thus, a rapid and in situ derivatization with acetone, to form the corresponding imine, has been proposed in the present study to confirm the pre…
Simultaneous quantification of serum phytosterols and cholesterol precursors using a simple gas chromatographic method
2012
Determination of the main phytosterols (Ps, β-sitosterol and campesterol) and cholesterol precursors (desmosterol and lathosterol) in human serum using a simple GC-FID method has been validated. Direct saponification, without lipid extraction, sterols extraction, and further derivatization was applied to samples prior to GC analysis. To evaluate the method, a pool of serum samples from eight healthy women was used. Good linearity (r>0.99) was found in the assay range: β-sitosterol (0.99–17.82 µg/mL), campesterol (0.14–10.8 µg/mL), desmosterol (0.17–2.6 µg/mL), and lathosterol (0.6–5.97 µg/mL). Limits of detection (ng/mL) were: 86 (β-sitosterol), 42 (campesterol), 4 (desmosterol), and 44 (la…
Solid-phase extraction on C18 in the trace determination of selected polychlorinated biphenyls in milk.
1995
The utility of solid-phase extraction with octadecylsilica for determining fifteen polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners from milk samples was examined. Recoveries higher than 80% and relative standard deviations better than 10% were obtained for PCBs from different kinds of milk (whole, skimmed, 2%, powdered, breast and evaporated). A comparison with other procedures was made. The described method provides better detection limits than those attainable with the liquid-liquid extractions currently used as standard methods, when capillary gas-liquid chromatography is used for the final determination. A study of the separation was also performed using six different fused-silica capillary co…
Non-chromatographic speciation of toxic arsenic in vegetables by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry after ultrasound-assisted extrac…
2007
A non-chromatographic, sensitive and simple analytical method has been developed for the determination of toxic arsenic species in vegetable samples by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS). As(III), As(V), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) and monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) were determined by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry using a series of proportional equations. The method is based on a single extraction of the arsenic species considered from vegetables through sonication at room temperature with H(3)PO(4) 1 mol L(-1) in the presence of 0.1% (w/v) Triton XT-114 and washing of the solid phase with 0.1% (w/v) EDTA, followed by direct measurement of the co…
Quantitative determination of moniliformin in vegetable foods and feeds
1984
A suitable and simple method for the quantitative determination of moniliformin in vegetable foods and feeds is described. The mycotoxin was extracted by Soxhlet extraction with methanol from mouldy maize, rice, rye, oats, wheat and barley samples. Moniliformin was determined by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) using N-methylbenzthiazolon-2-hydrazone (MBTH) as a new derivatization reagent for this mycotoxin. The moniliformin derivative was assayed at 518 nm. Quantification could be performed after calibration. A linear relationship between mycotoxin amount and peak area was found from 100 to 400 ng/spot. The detection limit is 75 ng/spot.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF C18- AND STYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE-BASED SORBENTS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF PHENOLS FROM WATER
2001
The potential of solid-phase extraction with C18- and styrene divinylbenzene-based sorbents for the preconcentration of phenols from water samples has been evaluated for a variety of phenols of different polarities: phenol, o-, m- and p-cresol, 2-chlorophenol, and 4-chloro-3-methylphenol. The extraction efficiencies have been calculated for different volumes of samples containing the analytes at different concentration levels. The UV limits of detection were of 1–5 ng/mL, for the method using Bond Elut C18 cartridges and sample volumes of 25 mL, and 0.05–0.1 ng/mL (except for 4-chloro-3-methylphenol) for the method using the polymeric sorbent Bond Elut PPL and 1000 mL of the samples. Possib…
Chemiluminometric photo-induced determination of Strychnine in a Multicommutation flow assembly
2007
This paper deals on the determination of Strychnine, a potent and dangerous pesticide and the analytical procedure is based on the photo-induced chemiluminescence of the pesticide by means of the Multicommutation continuous-flow methodology. Small segments of the pesticide solution were sequentially alternated with segments of the solution for adjusting the suitable medium for the photodegradation. The required time of UV irradiation was obtained by stopped-flow during 150 s; then, the resulting solution formed alternated segments with the oxidizing solution containing 5 × 10−3 mol l−1 Ce(IV) in 0.6 mol l−1 nitric acid. The calibration range, from 2 μg l−1 to 50 mg l−1, resulted in a linear…
Determination of phenolic compounds in air by using cyclodextrin-silica hybrid microporous composite samplers
2015
An analytical method for the determination of phenolic compounds in air samples based on the use of cyclodextrin-silica hybrid microporous composite samplers is proposed. The method allows the determination of phenol, guaiacol, cresol isomers, eugenol, 4-ethylphenol and 4-ethylguaiacol in workplaces according to the Norm UNE-EN 1076:2009 for active sampling. Therefore, the proposed method offers an alternative for the assessment of the occupational exposure to phenol and cresol isomers. The detection limits of the proposed method are lower than those for the NIOSH Method 2546. Storage time of samples almost reaches 44 days. Recovery values for phenol, guaiacol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol,…