Determination of organophosphorus in dairy products by graphitic carbon nitride combined molecularly imprinted microspheres with ultra performance liquid chromatography.

Abstract

Organophosphorus (OPPs) residues in dairy products are a potential threat to human health. To extract trace amounts of OPPs in dairy products, a graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was synthesized and combined with OPPs-based molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIM) to create a composite material (MIM/g-C3N4). Then, the MIM/g-C3N4 was used to prepare a solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge to detect the OPPs in dairy products with UPLC method. The specific surface area of MIM/g-C3N4 was 172.208m2/g, good thermal stability under 300℃, and could reuse up to 15 times. The four OPPs had good linear relationship within the range of 1-10000ng/mL (r 2>0.999). The limits of detection were 0.7-2.6ng/mL, and recoveries from blank dairy samples were 86.4 to 95.3%. In this study, MIM combined with g-C3N4 was firstly utilized for the detection of OPPs in dairy products, which indicated it might be an ideal adsorbent for dairy products pretreatment.