Development and Optimization of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent-based Dispersive Liquid-liquid Microextraction Coupled with UPLC-UV for Simultaneous Determination of Parabens in Personal Care Products: Evaluation of the Eco-friendliness Level of The...

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2023 May 1

PMID 37124025

Authors

Abdulmalik M Alqarni

Ahmed Mostafa

Heba Shaaban

Mohamed S Gomaa

Danyah Albashrayi

Batool Hasheeshi

Nujud Bakhashwain

Atheer Aseeri

Abdulaziz Alqarni

Abdulgani A Alamri

Mohammad A Alrofaidi

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Abstract

Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) combined with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector (UHPLC-DAD) method has been developed and validated for the determination of parabens in personal care products. In this study, a natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) composed of menthol and formic acid at a molar ratio of 1 : 2 was prepared and used as an extraction solvent. The influencing variables on the extraction efficiency such as extraction solvent type and volume, composition of NADES, salt addition, vortex and centrifugation time were investigated. The proposed method exhibited good linearity with determination coefficients of ≥0.9992. The relative recoveries for the studied analytes ranged from 82.19 to 102.45%. Limits of detection and limits of quantification were in the range of 0.17-0.33 ng mL and 0.51-0.99 ng mL, respectively. To evaluate the applicability of the developed method, it was successfully applied to determine four parabens in personal care products. Additionally, the eco-friendliness level of the presented method was evaluated using Eco-Scale Assessment, Green Analytical Procedure Index and Analytical GREEnness metric. The developed method is simple, environmentally friendly and cost effective and it could be employed for determination of parabens in personal care products without harming the environment.

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