Determination of trace levels of triazines in corn matrices by bar adsorptive microextraction with a molecularly imprinted polymer
Abstract
This manuscript addresses the determination of triazines (ametryn, atrazine, simazine, and terbutryn) in corn matrices using bar adsorptive microextraction coated with a selective molecularly imprinted polymer phase following microliquid desorption and high‐performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection. The molecularly imprinted polymer was synthesized using atrazine as a template and methacrylic acid as a functional monomer. Assays performed in 25 mL of ultrapure water samples spiked at 8.0 μg/L yielded 80–120 % recoveries under the evaluated experimental conditions. The method showed an accuracy (0.2 < bias < 17.9%), precision (relative standard deviation <17.4%), convenient detection (0.2 μg/L), and quantification (0.7 μg/L) limits, as well as linear dynamic ranges (0.8–24.0 μg/L) with remarkable determination coefficients (R2 > 0.9926). The proposed analytical method was applied to monitor triazines in three types of corn matrices using the standard addition methodology. Experiments performed in corn samples spiked with triazines at the trace level (8.0 μg/kg of each analyte) gave rise to recoveries (81.0–119.4%) with good reproducibility and robustness. The proposed methodology is also easy to implement and showed to be a good analytical alternative to monitor triazines in complex matrices, when compared with other sorption‐based microextraction techniques.
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