Liquid-phase microextraction and capillary electrophoresis of acidic drugs

Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard*, Knut Einar Rasmussen

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    Abstract

    Vial liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) combined with capillary electrophoresis (CE) was evaluated for the determination of the acidic drugs ibuprofen, naproxen, and ketoprofen present in water samples and in human urine. The 2.5 mL samples containing the drugs were filled into conventional vials and subsequently acidified by 250 μL of 1-10 M HCl. Porous hollow fibers of polypropylene containing 25 μL of an aqueous solution of 0.01-0.1 M NaOH (acceptor solution) and with dihexyl ether immobilized in the pores of the wall were placed into each of the samples. The acidic drugs were extracted from the acidified sample solutions into the dihexyl ether phase, in the pores of the hollow fiber, and further into the alkaline acceptor solution forced by high partition coefficients. The drugs were extracted almost quantitatively (75-100% extraction efficiency) from the 2.5 mL samples and into the 25 μL acceptor solutions, providing 75-100 times preconcentration. The acceptor solutions were collected for automated CE analysis, which enabled the drugs to be detected down to the 1 ng/mL level.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalElectrophoresis
    Volume21
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)579-585
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0173-0835
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2000

    Keywords

    • Acidic drugs
    • Capillary electrophoresis
    • Liquid-phase microextraction

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