Abstract
A simple, sensitive and effective method was developed and validated for selective adsorption and quantitation of norfloxacin (NFX) from marine sediments and seawater samples using the novel molecularly imprinted silica polymers as sorbents followed by high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). The imprinted particles were characterized by different techniques and the molecular recognition for NFX was also investigated. Several parameters affecting the extraction efficiency of molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction (MISPE) process were optimized. Three sediment and seawater samples from Weihai bay in China were analyzed and the results show that satisfactory recoveries (77.2-98.7%) were achieved in seawater samples with low relative standard deviation (RSD) values less than 6.89% (n = 3), and the recoveries in sediments were in the range of 75.5-91.7%. The limits of detection are respectivley 2 μg L-1 in seawater samples and 5 μg kg-1 in sediments.
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