Hollow Fiber Liquid Phase Microextraction Method Combined with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for Simultaneous Separation and Determination of Ultra-Trace Amounts of Naproxen and Nabumetone in Cow Milk, Water, and Biological Samples

Abstract

A simple and highly sensitive method based on hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection has been developed for simultaneous separation, preconcentration, and determination of naproxen and nabumetone from water, wastewater, milk, and biological samples. Parameters affecting the microextraction efficiency were evaluated and optimized. Under optimum conditions (extractant (14 μL of 1-undecanol), sample pH (3.0), extraction time (20 min), stirring rate (600 rpm), temperature (45 °C), potassium chloride concentration (4.0 %) and sample volume (9 mL)), the limits of detection based on (S/N = 3) were 1.3 ng L−1 for naproxen and 2.9 ng L−1 for nabumetone. The intra- and inter-assay relative standard deviations for naproxen and nabumetone were in the ranges of 3.2–6.1 % and 6.5–9.5 %, respectively. The calibration curves were linear in concentration ranges of 4.0–300.0 ng L−1 and 9.0–300.0 ng L−1 for naproxen and nabumetone, respectively, with good coefficient of determination (r 2 > 0.999). The method was successfully applied to the determination of naproxen and nabumetone in cow milk, water, wastewater, human plasma, and urine samples.