Preparation of restricted access media molecularly imprinted polymers for efficient separation and enrichment ofloxacin in bovine serum samples

We prepared ofloxacin restricted access media molecularly imprinted polymers using surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization on the surface of brominated silica gel using ofloxacin as a template molecule, methacrylic acid as a functional monomer, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a crosslinking agent. We then characterized and studied the surface morphology and adsorption properties of the polymer. Experimental results show that saturation is reached within 25 min, and that the saturated adsorption capacity was 80.67 mg/g and the imprinting factor was 1.94. Our findings also showed that the polymer surface had good hydrophilicity and an excellent protein exclusion rate, which was 98.49%. The restricted access media molecularly imprinted polymers were then successfully applied to the enrichment and separation of ofloxacin in bovine serum. When combined with high‐performance liquid chromatography, and the average recovery of ofloxacin was 95.6%, and the relative standard deviation was in the range of 2.47–3.38%. In a word, the restricted access media molecularly imprinted polymers is a method that involves a simple preparation procedure that results in excellent performance, which is a great improvement in the speed of detection of antibiotics. These qualities are what bestow upon this method its great potential for broad application.     

分子印迹薄层色谱手性固定相的制备及其色谱性能

分别以右旋扁桃酸、右旋邻氯扁桃酸和右旋对氯扁桃酸为模板,丙烯酰胺、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为功能单体和交联剂合成分子印迹聚合物,并以此作为薄层色谱手性固定相。研究了模板分子消旋体在手性固定相上的分离情况,并讨论了展开剂中乙酸含量对分离的影响。在乙腈-5%乙酸展开体系中扁桃酸、邻氯扁桃酸和对氯扁桃酸消旋体得到较好的分离,分离因子分别为1.45,1.62和1.56。该手性固定相对模板分子的结构类似物也具有一定的手性交叉分离能力。讨论了分析物的化学结构对该手性固定相识别性能的影响。该方法为快速、灵敏地对手性物质分析、定性提供了一条简便的途径。     

Uniformly Sized Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Their Applications to Chiral Separation and Bioanalysis

Molecular recognition plays an important role in biological and chemical processes. Since molecular imprinting techniques can afford complementary binding sites for a target molecule, the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for the target molecule has been used for its specific recognition as chromatographic media, solid-phase ex-     

Preparation of chitosan‐based molecularly imprinted material for enantioseparation of racemic mandelic acid in aqueous medium by solid phase extraction

An S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin was synthesized by cross‐linking chitosan with glutaraldehyde in 2% acetic acid solution. S‐Mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin was used to enantioselectively separate racemic mandelic acid in aqueous medium. When keeping the pH of sample solution (100 mM Tris‐H₃PO₄) at 3.5 and adsorption time at 40 min, the enantiomer excess of mandelic acid in supernatant was 78.8%. The adsorption capacities of S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin for S‐ and R‐mandelic acid were determined to be 29.5 and 2.03 mg/g, respectively. While the adsorption capacities of non‐imprinted cross‐linked chitosan for S‐ and R‐mandelic acid were 2.10 and 2.08 mg/g, respectively. The result suggests that the imprinted caves in S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin are highly matched with S‐mandelic acid molecule in space structure and spatial arrangement of action sites. Interestingly, the enantiomer excess value of mandelic acid in supernatant after adsorption of racemic mandelic acid by R‐mandelic acid imprinted cross‐linked chitosan was 25.4%. The higher enantiomer excess value by S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin suggests that the chiral carbons in chitosan and the imprinted caves in S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin combine to play roles for the enantioselectivity of S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin toward S‐mandelic acid. Furthermore, the excellent enantioselectivity of S‐mandelic acid imprinted chitosan resin toward S‐mandelic acid demonstrates that using chiral chitosan as functional monomer to prepare molecularly imprinted polymers has great potential in enantioseparation of chiral pharmaceuticals.     

Preparation and Evaluation of Propranolol-Imprinted Monolithic Stationary Phase by In Situ Technique and Application in Analysis of Propranolol in Biological Samples

Abstract

A propranolol molecule-imprinted monolithic stationary phase (MIMSP) was synthesized by in situ technique. The recognition mechanism of the polymers and the influences of some chromatographic conditions were examined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The imprinted polymers showed much higher selectivity for β-blockers than the nonimprinted polymers (NIPs) did, which proves the successful preparation of propranolol-imprinted polymers by using an in situ technique. Then, this technique was used to prepare a molecularly imprinted polymer solid-phase extraction column to concentrate propranolol from biological samples. The results showed that the imprinted solid-phase extraction column could selectively enrich and purify propranolol from biological samples, such as plasma.     

Surface‐imprinted magnetic nanoparticles for the selective enrichment and fast separation of fluoroquinolones in human serum

Surface enrofloxacin‐imprinted magnetic nanoparticles were prepared for the selective recognition and fast separation of fluoroquinolones in human serum by surface‐initiated reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. The surface morphology and imprinted behavior were investigated and optimized. The living/controlled nature of reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer polymerization reaction allowed the successful construction of well‐defined imprinted polymer layer outside the Fe₃O₄ core. Such molecularly imprinted polymers exhibited superparamagnetic properties and specific recognition toward fluoroquinolones. Combined with reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography, the prepared molecularly imprinted polymers were used for the selective enrichment and analysis of fluoroquinolones in human serum samples. The recoveries of four fluoroquinolones were 86.8–95.3% with relative standard deviations of 2.0–6.8% (n  = 3). Such magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers have great prospects in the separation and enrichment of trace analysts in complex biological samples.     

高分子覆盖型硅胶填料的制备与色谱保留行为

 采用甲基丙烯酸甲酯 (MMA)或MMA 亚乙基二甲基丙烯酸酯 (EDMA)在硅胶表面聚合的方法 ,制备生成了新型高分子覆盖型硅胶填料C或D。借助红外光谱、元素分析、尺寸排阻色谱和反相液相色谱分析对反应过程、覆盖程度、交联剂的影响和填料的色谱保留行为进行了评价和讨论。结果显示 ,在合成时可以通过控制聚合单体的量控制生成高分子层的厚度 ,而合成中加入交联剂可以改变填料表面的微孔构造。通过考察这种色谱填料的疏水性和对芳香族化合物的分离性能 ,认为其柱效和分离效果接近C18填料的性能。     

Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Rapid and Selective Extraction and Detection of Methotrexatein Serum by HPLC-UV Analysis

In this work, novel selective recognition materials, namely magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs), were prepared. The recognition materials were used as pretreatment materials for magnetic molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction (MSPE) to achieve the efficient adsorption, selective recognition, and rapid magnetic separation of methotrexate (MTX) in the patients’ plasma. This method was combined with high-performance liquid chromatography–ultraviolet detection (HPLC–UV) to achieve accurate and rapid detection of the plasma MTX concentration, providing a new method for the clinical detection and monitoring of the MTX concentration. The MMIPs for the selective adsorption of MTX were prepared by the sol–gel method. The materials were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry, X-ray diffractometry, and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry. The MTX adsorption properties of the MMIPs were evaluated using static, dynamic, and selective adsorption experiments. On this basis, the extraction conditions were optimized systematically. The adsorption capacity of MMIPs for MTX was 39.56 mgg⁻¹, the imprinting factor was 9.40, and the adsorption equilibrium time was 60 min. The optimal extraction conditions were as follows: the amount of MMIP was 100 mg, the loading time was 120 min, the leachate was 8:2 (v/v) water–methanol, the eluent was 4:1 (v/v) methanol–acetic acid, and the elution time was 60 min. MTX was linear in the range of 0.00005–0.25 mg mL⁻¹, and the detection limit was 12.51 ng mL⁻¹. The accuracy of the MSPE–HPLC–UV method for MTX detection was excellent, and the result was consistent with that of a drug concentration analyzer.     

三(4-甲基苯甲酰基)纤维素酯的合成及其涂敷手性固定相的制备和表征

以微晶纤维素为原料合成三（４－甲基苯甲酰基）纤维素酯,涂敷在平均粒径为６μｍ、平均孔径为１５ｎｍ、比表面积为６７ｍ２／ｇ的堆积硅珠上,制备成手性固定相。用扫描电子显微分析考察了固定相的表面形貌。用高效液相色谱法分离了（±）－α－苯乙醇对映异构体,考察了洗脱液正己烷／异丙醇（９８∶２,Ｖ／Ｖ）的流速和洗脱液的组成对（±）－α－苯乙醇对映异构体分离的影响。     

Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer for the efficient and selective preconcentration of diazinon before its determination by high‐performance liquid chromatography

A molecularly imprinted polymer was selectively applied for solid‐phase extraction and diazinon residues enrichment before high‐performance liquid chromatography. Diazinon was thermally copolymerized with Fe₃O₄@polyethyleneglycol nanoparticles, methacrylic acid (functional monomer), 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (co‐monomer), and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (cross‐linking monomer) in the presence of acetonitrile (porogen) and 2,2‐azobisisobutyronitrile (initiator). Then, the imprinted diazinon was reproducibly eluted with methanol/acetic acid (9:1, v/v). The sorbent particles were characterized by X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The comprehensive study of variables through experimental design showed that the maximum performance was achieved under these conditions: pH 7, 10 mL sample volume, 15 mg sorbent, 10 min vortex time, 5 min ultrasonic time, 200 μL methanol/acetic acid (9:1, v/v) as eluent, and 5 min desorption time. Under optimized conditions, the molecularly imprinted polymer solid‐phase extraction method demonstrated a linear range (0.02–5 g/mL), a correlation coefficient of 0.997, and 0.005 g/mL detection limit.     

亲水性分子印迹聚合物的制备及其在天麻素分析检测中的应用

以天麻素为模板分子,α-1-烯丙基-2-N-乙酰胺基葡萄糖为新型亲水性功能单体,N,N'-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,合成了对天麻素有高选择性的亲水性分子印迹聚合物(MIPs)。吸附结果表明,MIPs能够特异性识别天麻素。对MIPs吸附剂性能的考察证明,亲水性天麻素MIPs可作为固相萃取(SPE)吸附剂分离纯化天麻素。方法验证实验显示了良好的回收率(90.4%~97.1%)和精密度(3.3%~5.2%,n=5)。该文以新型亲水性功能单体为基础,建立了天麻素的分子印迹固相萃取样品前处理方法。     

蛋清蛋白质键合柱及其应用

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Preparation and application of molecularly imprinted polymer solid‐phase microextraction fiber for the selective analysis of auxins in tobacco

As signal molecules, auxins play an important role in mediating plant growth. Due to serious interfering substances in plants, it is difficult to accurately detect auxins with traditional solid‐phase extraction methods. To improve the selectivity of sample pretreatment, a novel molecularly imprinted polymer ‐coated solid‐phase microextraction fiber, which could be coupled directly to high‐performance liquid chromatography, was prepared with indole acetic acid as template molecule for the selective extraction of auxins. The factors influencing the polymer formation, such as polymerization solvent, cross‐linker, and polymerization time, were investigated in detail to enhance the performance of indole acetic acid‐molecularly imprinted polymer coating. The morphological and chemical stability of this molecularly imprinted polymer‐coated fiber was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectrometry, and thermal analysis. The extraction capacity of the molecularly imprinted polymer‐coated solid‐phase microextraction fiber was evaluated for the selective extraction of indole acetic acid and indole‐3‐pyruvic acid followed by high‐performance liquid chromatography analysis. The linear range for indole acetic acid and indole‐3‐pyruvic acid was 1–100 µg/L and their detection limit was 0.5 µg/L. The method was applied to the simultaneous determination of two auxins in two kinds of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L and Nicotiana rustica L) samples, with recoveries range from 82.1 to 120.6%.     

Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers for recognition and enrichment of polysaccharides from seaweed

New magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers with two templates were fabricated for the recognition of polysaccharides (fucoidan and alginic acid) from seaweed by magnetic solid‐phase extraction, and the materials were modified by seven types of deep eutectic solvents. It was found that the deep eutectic solvents magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers showed stronger recognition and higher recoveries for fucoidan and alginic acid than magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers, and the deep eutectic solvents‐4‐magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers had the best effects. The practical recovery of the two polysaccharides (fucoidan and alginic acid) purified with deep eutectic solvents‐4‐magnetic molecular imprinted polymers in seaweed under the optimal conditions were 89.87, and 92.0%, respectively, and the actual amounts extracted were 20.6 and 18.7 μg/g, respectively. To sum up, the developed method proved to be a novel and promising method for the recognition of complex polysaccharide samples from seaweed.     

Preparation and evaluation of uniform-sized molecularly imprinted polymer beads used for the separation of sulfamethazine

Uniform-sized molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) beads were prepared using a one-step swelling and polymerization method. The obtained sulfamethazine (SMZ)-imprinted polymer showed high affinity and selectivity toward SMZ and other structurally related sulfonamides in acetonitrile or water-acetonitrile mobile phases, particularly in high aqueous systems. The column performance of the MIPs for SMZ and its analogues could be improved by elevating the column temperature and optimizing the flow rate. The hydrogen-bonding effect plays a significant role in the recognition process of SMZ-imprinted polymer systems in organic media, while the ion-exchange effect, as well as hydrophobic effect, dominates the retention mechanism in aqueous-rich media, in addition to shape recognition.     

Polydopamine‐coated magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer for the selective solid‐phase extraction of cinnamic acid,ferulic acid and caffeic acid from radix scrophulariae sample

We describe novel cinnamic acid polydopamine‐coated magnetic imprinted polymers for the simultaneous selective extraction of cinnamic acid, ferulic acid and caffeic acid from radix scrophulariae sample. The novel magnetic imprinted polymers were synthesized by surface imprinting polymerization using magnetic multi‐walled carbon nanotubes as the support material, cinnamic acid as the template and dopamine as the functional monomer. The magnetic imprinted polymers were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and vibrating sample magnetometry. The results revealed that the magnetic imprinted polymers had outstanding magnetic properties, high adsorption capacity, selectivity and fast kinetic binding toward cinnamic acid, ferulic acid and caffeic acid. Coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography, the extraction conditions of the magnetic imprinted polymers as a magnetic solid‐phase extraction sorbent were investigated in detail. The proposed imprinted magnetic solid phase extraction procedure has been used for the purification and enrichment of cinnamic acid, ferulic acid and caffeic acid successfully from radix scrophulariae extraction sample with recoveries of 92.4–115.0% for cinnamic acid, 89.4–103.0% for ferulic acid and 86.6–96.0% for caffeic acid.     

Multifiber solid‐phase microextraction using different molecularly imprinted coatings for simultaneous selective extraction and sensitive determination of organophosphorus pesticides

Three types of molecularly imprinted solid‐phase microextraction fibers were fabricated through sol‐gel method using diazinon, parathion‐methyl, and isocarbophos as templates, respectively, and assembled together to construct a multifiber for analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in complex matrices. The multifiber provided large extraction capacity and high imprinting factor up to 3.89. In contrast, the imprinting factor of a single fiber was around 1.6, and the multi‐template imprinted coating showed no selectivity. The multifiber was applied to analyze pesticides in fruits and vegetables. The limits of detection, which ranged from 0.0052 to 0.23 µg/kg, were lower than those obtained by a single molecularly imprinted fiber, and much lower than those reported by other methods. The recoveries of five analytes in spiked apple, cucumber, Chinese cabbage, and cherry tomato samples were 75.1–123.2%. The study shows that the molecularly imprinted multifiber could achieve simultaneous selective extraction and sensitive determination of multiple targets in complex matrices for high‐throughput analysis.     

Recent advances and applications of molecularly imprinted polymers in solid‐phase extraction for real sample analysis

Sample pretreatment is essential for the analysis of complicated real samples due to their complex matrices and low analyte concentrations. Among all sample pretreatment methods, solid‐phase extraction is arguably the most frequently used one. However, the majority of available solid‐phase extraction adsorbents suffer from limited selectivity. Molecularly imprinted polymers are a type of tailor‐made artificial antibodies and receptors with specific recognition sites for target molecules. Using molecularly imprinted polymers instead of conventional adsorbents can greatly improve the selectivity of solid‐phase extraction, and therefore molecularly imprinted polymer‐based solid‐phase extraction has been widely applied to separation, clean up and/or preconcentration of target analytes in various kinds of real samples. In this article, after a brief introduction, the recent developments and applications of molecularly imprinted polymer‐based solid‐phase extraction for determination of different analytes in complicated real samples during the 2015‐2020 are reviewed systematically, including the solid‐phase extraction modes, molecularly imprinted adsorbent types and their preparations, and the practical applications of solid‐phase extraction to various real samples (environmental, food, biological, and pharmaceutical samples). Finally, the challenges and opportunities of using molecularly imprinted polymer‐based solid‐phase extraction for real sample analysis are discussed.     

Novel molecularly imprinted magnetic nanoparticles for the selective extraction of protoberberine alkaloids in herbs and rat plasma

In this work, a novel magnetic nanomaterial functionalized with a molecularly imprinted polymer was prepared for the extraction of protoberberine alkaloids. Molecularly imprinted polymers were made on the surface of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles by using berberine as template, acetonitrile/water as porogen, acrylamide as functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as cross‐linker. The optimized molar ratio of template/functional monomer was 1:7. The polymeric magnetic nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The stability and adsorption capacity of the molecularly imprinted polymers were investigated. The molecularly imprinted polymers were used as a selective sorbent for the magnetic molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction and determination of jatrorrhizine, palmatine, and berberine. Extraction parameters were studied including loading pH, sample volume, stirring speed, and extraction time. Finally, a magnetic molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction coupled to high‐performance liquid chromatography method was developed. Under the optimized conditions, the method showed good linear range of 0.1–150 ng/mL for berberine and 0.1–100 ng/mL for jatrorrhizine and palmatine. The limit of detection was 0.01 ng/mL for berberine and 0.02 ng/mL for jatrorrhizine and palmatine. The proposed method has been applied to determine protoberberine alkaloids in Cortex phellodendri and rat plasma samples. The recoveries ranged from 87.33–102.43%, with relative standard deviation less than 4.54% in Cortex phellodendri and from 102.22–111.15% with relative standard deviation less than 4.59% in plasma.     

Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers based on silica modified by deep eutectic solvents for the rapid simultaneous magnetic‐based solid‐phase extraction of Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge,Glycine max (Linn.) Merr and green tea

Novel magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs) with multiple‐template based on silica were modified by four types of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) for the rapid simultaneous magnetic solid‐phase extraction (MSPE) of tanshinone Ⅰ, tanshinone ⅡA, and cryptotanshinone from Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge; glycitein, genistein, and daidzein from Glycine max (Linn.) Merr; and epicatechin, epigallocatechin gallate, and epicatechin gallate from green tea, respectively. The synthesized materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Single factor experiments were to explore the relationship between the extraction efficiency and four factors (the sample solution pH, amount of DESs for modification, amount of adsorbent, and extraction time). It was showed that the DES4‐MMIPs have better extraction ability than the MMIPs without DESs and the other three DESs‐modified MMIPs. The best extraction recoveries with DES4‐MMIP were tanshinone Ⅰ (85.57%), tanshinone ⅡA (80.58%), cryptotanshinone (92.12%), glycitein (81.65%), genistein (87.72%), daidzein (92.24%), epicatechin (86.43%), epigallocatechin gallate (80.92%), and epicatechin gallate (93.64%), respectively. The novel multiple‐template MMIPs materials modified by DES for the rapid simultaneous MSPE of active compounds were proved to reduce the experimental steps than single‐template technique, and increase the extraction efficiency.