Automatic ionic liquid-enhanced membrane microextraction for the determination of melamine in food samples

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Faustino, N (Author) Other; Pinto, PCAG (Author) Other; Passos, MLC (Author) Other; Lucia L M F S Saraiva (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Food Control

Vol. 79

Pages: 162-168

ISSN: 0956-7135

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citations

Scopus - 5 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-MWB

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.03.040

Abstract (EN): An innovative miniaturized automatic methodology for the separation of melamine by a hydrophilic microporous membrane and its quantification is proposed. For that an extraction unit containing a hydrophilic microporous membrane was assembled to the system. In the acceptor solution it was used a 10% ionic liquid aqueous solution, instead of an organic hazardous extractant, with an added advantage of the separation process allows the quantification of melamine in liquid samples without any previous treatment. The melamine potentiated the peroxidase catalyzed oxidation of sesamol by hydrogen peroxide with the formation of a fluorescent compound. The effect of physical and chemical parameters in the extraction process and also in the enzymatic reaction used for the quantification of melamine was evaluated. The developed methodology showed detection and quantification limits of 0.07 and 0.22 mg L-1, respectively, and linear range up to 3.00 mg L-1, allowing accurate quantifications of melamine in the concentrations range imposed by food agencies, in a total analysis time of around 5 min (including the extraction process). The novel methodology was applied to milk, powder milk, soy milk and yogurt samples in a precise and accurate fashion. With the sequential injection analysis tool a simple, versatile, rapid, and robust automatic system was implemented avoiding in batch sample pretreatment. Furthermore, the reduction of chemicals consumption and waste generation fulfilled the current recommendations and trends of Green Chemistry.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7