Issue 11, 2022

Preconcentration of sulphonamides in bovine milk by the cloud point extraction method using smartphone-based digital images

Abstract

Sulphonamides are a group of synthetic antibiotics used specially in veterinary medicine. Among the procedures employed in the sample preparation for sulphonamide determination are liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) that use large volumes of organic solvents. Hence, a clean procedure was developed based on preconcentration and cloud point extraction (CPE) without using organic solvents to quantify total sulphonamides in bovine milk. The procedure was optimized as follows: 2 mL of pre-cleaned milk sample, 2 mL of reagent solution and 1 mL of Triton X-114 7% (m/v) were added to a tube, heated in a water bath at 40 °C for 10 minutes and centrifuged at 2950 rcf for 20 minutes. Digital image acquisition was employed directly at the tube without removing the supernatant/aqueous phase. The linear response was observed between 10 and 400 μg L−1 of total sulphonamides and described by the following equation: S = 2.50 + 0.0514C (μg L−1) and R = 0.999. The LOD and the CV (n = 11) were estimated to be 10 μg L−1 and 1.3%, respectively. The main interferents present at their usual concentrations in the sample did not interfere with the results. Spike and recovery tests of total sulphonamides were carried out in UHT and pasteurized milk with recovery values between 73 and 106% and the results obtained for this kind of sample were in agreement with those achieved by a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedure at the 95% confidence level. The analytical procedure presents an adequate sensitivity to determine total sulphonamides in bovine milk and does not require organic solvents, being aligned to the principles of green chemistry.

Graphical abstract: Preconcentration of sulphonamides in bovine milk by the cloud point extraction method using smartphone-based digital images

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Dec. 2021
Accepted
16 Febr. 2022
First published
18 Febr. 2022

Anal. Methods, 2022,14, 1117-1123

Preconcentration of sulphonamides in bovine milk by the cloud point extraction method using smartphone-based digital images

V. L. F. Vianna, D. Dresch, W. P. C. Gomes and W. R. Melchert, Anal. Methods, 2022, 14, 1117 DOI: 10.1039/D1AY02127C

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