Abstract
Herein, an air-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction (AALLME) has been described and compared to conventional dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) for the extraction/preconcentration of six fluoroquinolone compounds in milk powder and egg samples prior to high-performance liquid chromatography-UV detection (HPLC-UV). In order to compare the novel AALLME technique to the conventional DLLME technique, several parameters that influence the extraction efficiency were studied and optimized. Both methods have been validated for milk powder and egg analysis, obtaining limits of quantification lower than those usually permitted by legislation in food matrices, with precisions expressed as coefficients of variation lower than 8 % and recoveries between 72 and 115 % which were acceptable recoveries and repeatability. An AALLME method needs less organic solvent and shorter centrifugation time; therefore, it is more environmentally friendly and efficiently compared to DLLME.
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