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Aptamer functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for effective extraction of ultratrace amounts of aflatoxin M1 prior its determination by HPLC

Journal: Journal of Chromatography A (00219673)Year: 24 August 2018Volume: 1564Issue: Pages: 85 - 93
DOI:10.1016/j.chroma.2018.06.022Language: English

Abstract

Aptamers, due to the inherently high selectivity towards target analytes, are promising candidate for surface modification of the nanoparticles. Therefore, aptamer-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (AMNPs) was prepared and used to develop a magnetic solid-phase extraction procedure for clean-up of milk and dairy products samples before measuring the aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) contents by the high-performance liquid chromatography. The prepared sorbent was characterized by different instrumental methods such as FT-IR, FESEM, TEM, EDX and AGFM. The AMNPs was used in extraction and pre-concentration of ultratrace amounts AFM1 from local milk samples. The amount of sorbent, elution volume, extraction time, and salt addition were optimized. Based on the results, calibration plot is linear over the 0.3 to 1 ng·L−1 and 5 to 50 ng·L−1 AFM1 concentration ranges. The limits of detection of the developed method were obtained 0.2 ng·L−1 which is the smallest value that has been reported up to now. The results show that this new superior sorbent has a large potential to simplify the complex matrix of the samples and can used for detection, preconcentration and accurate determination of ultratrace amounts of the AFM1 from milk and dairy products. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.


Author Keywords

Aflatoxin M1AptamerHPLCMagnetic nanoparticlesSolid phase extraction

Other Keywords

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