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. 2014 May 23;19(5):6776–6808. doi: 10.3390/molecules19056776

Table 3.

Applications of LPME on solid sample extracts obtained by environmentally-friendly extraction.

LPME Analytical techn. Sample Analytes Extraction procedure for solid sample Optimized extraction conditions for s.s. LPME procedure Method performance Ref.
US-DLLME GC-ECD soil 3 pyrethroids MSPD: 0.1 g s.s. + 0.3 g SiO2 (d 38 µm) blended in mortar; transf. to cartridge with 0.1 g Na2SO4(anhyd); eluted with 3 mL AC; evaporated to 0.5 mL sorbent, sample/sorb. ratio, eluting solv. type and V, AC extract (DS) + 50 µL TtCEt (ES) inj. into 5 mL w.; US 2 min; centrif.; sedim. phase evaporated, rediss. in 20 µL n-hexane η 83.6%–98.5%;
RSD < 7.3%;
LOD 0.45–1.13 ng/g
[77]
DLLME HPLC-FLD soil carbendazime thiabendazole 20 g s.s. + 40 mL 0.1 mol/L HCl; mech. shaking 30 min; filtered, pH adj. to 7.0 not given 0.75 mL THF (DS) + 80 µL CHCl3 (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL solution + 0.5 g NaCl; centrif.; sedim. phase evaporated, rediss. in 15 µL MeOH η 82.0%–93.4% (2 levels);
RSD < 7.3%;
LOD 1.0–1.6 ng/g
[78]
DLLME GC-FID sediment PAHs SFE: 1.2 g s.s. + 50 µL MeOH (PM); SFE at T 313 K, p 253.2 bar, static textr 10 min, dynamic textr 30 min, CO2 F = 0.5 mL/min; collected in 1 mL ACN in ice bath pressure, temperature, static & dynamic extraction time 1.0 mL extract (DS) + 16 µL ClBz (ES) inj. into 5 mL w.; centrif.; direct injection η 67.8%–98.9%;
RSD < 10.3%;
LOD 200 ng/g
[79]
DLLME GC-FID soil
sediment
7 organo-phosphor.
pesticides
SFE: 1.2 g s.s. . + 50 µL MeOH (PM); SFE at T 60 °C, p 150 bar, static textr 10 min, dynamic textr 30 min, CO2 F = 0.5 mL/min; collected in 1 mL ACN in ice bath pressure, temperature, static & dynamic extraction time 1.0 mL extract (DS) + 17 µL CCl4 (ES) inj. into 5 mL w.; centrif.; direct injection η 80%–100%;
RSD < 75%;
LOD 1–9 ng/g
[80]
DLLME GC-FID soil 2 nitrotoluenes SFE: 2 g s.s. + 150 µL MeOH (PM); SFE at T 35 °C, p 350 atm, static textr 10 min, dynamic textr 30 min, CO2 F = 0.4 mL/min; collected in 1 mL MeOH in ice bath central composite
design to optimize SFE parameters: T, pressure, VPM, dynamic textr
1.0 mL extract (DS) + 20 µL CCl4 (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL w. (3% NaCl); centrif.; direct injection η 80%–84%;
RSD < 6.5%;
LOD 0.12 µg/g
[81]
DLLME GC-MS sediment hydroxylated PAHs SWE: 10 g s.s. + 2 g diatomaceous earth; PLE with w. pH 3.0 + 20% ACN (OM) 10 min at 150 °C & 1500 psi; purged with N2, collected 11 mL extract type and V of organic modifier for SWE, pH, T, pressure, extr. time 100 µL ClBz (ES) inj. into 11 mL extract (20% ACN as DS); VA 30 s; centrif.; sedim. phase evaporated, added 50 µL MTBSTFA to derivatize, evaporated, rediss. in 100 µL AC η 57.63%–91.07%;
RSD < 11.07%;
LOD 0.0139–0.2334 ng/g;
comparison with SWE-SPE - all parameters better for SWE-DLLME
[82]
DLLME GC-MS pyrolysis solid residue 15 aromatic volatiles extracted s.s. (extr. with CH2Cl2) and raw s.s. leached with 0.001 M CaCl2 sol. (leach test
ISO/TS 21268-2)
not given 0.5 mL AC (DS) + 50 µL CCl4 (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL leachate; centrif.; direct injection LOD 1.02–24.6 ng/L a;
compared with static HS and HS-SPME (both lower LODs)
[83]
DLLME GC-MS pyrolysis solid residue 11 alkylphenols extracted s.s. (extr. with CH2Cl2) and raw s.s. leached with 0.001 M CaCl2 sol. (leach test
ISO/TS 21268-2)
not given 1.0 mL AC (DS) + 15 µL TtCEt (ES) inj. into 4.0 mL leachate + NaCl (15%); centrif.; direct injection η 61.9%–101.4%;
RSD < 8.0%;
LOD 0.07–0.17 µg/L b
[84]
DLLME GC-MS particul. matter in seawater 8 UV filters unfiltered seawater, US 15 min; pH adj. to 2.5 with acetic a.; filtered US time 250 µL AC (DS) + 50 µL CHCl3 (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL sample; centrif.; direct injection η 88%–117% (2 levels);
RSD < 14%;
LOD 10–30 ng/L a
[85]
DLLME &
in-syringe back-extract.
HPLC-UV soil
sediment
5 chlorophenols MWE: 1.2 g s.s. + 2 mL w. (pH 10.0); MWE 90 s, cooling, diluted to 5 mL with w., pH adj. to 6.0; centrif., filtered Vsolv, pHsolv, MWE time 1.0 mL AC (DS) + 37 µL ClBz (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL extract; centrif.; 20 µL sedim. phase in syringe, then 20 µL w. (pH 12.0), plunger moving 5 min; w. phase injected η 66.1%–82.0%;
RSD < 7.6%;
LOD 0.5–2.0 ng/g; chromatograms free of interferences
[86]
USA-EME HPLC-DAD soil triazine herbicides 10 g s.s. + 10 mL w.; mech. shaking 40 min; filtered, diluted to 10.0 mL with w. not given 5.0 mL extract + 100 µL ClBz,; US 3 min at 25 °C; centrif.; sedim. phase evaporated, rediss. in 20 µL MeOH η 82.6%–92% (2 levels);
RSD < 4.3%;
LOD 0.1–0.5 ng/g
[87]
ATPS HPLC-UV soil 2 phytohormones 10 g s.s. + 30 mL MeOH/w. (80:20); US 20 min; centrif.; repeat; filtered, evaporated, rediss. in 10 mL MeOH/w. (80:20, pH 3) not given 1.0 mL solution + 0.6 g [BMIM]Br + 0.75 g K2HPO4; stirred 10 min at 30 °C; centrif.; upper phase collected, direct injection η 86%–102%; RSD < 5.3%;
LOD 2–10 ng/g; compared to direct HF-LPME
[88]
CAE-ME HPLC-DAD sediment PAHs, alkyl-phenols, paraben MWE: 0.1 g s.s. + 3 mL 40 mM CTAB solution; MWE for 6 min at 90 °C and 140 W, cooled; centrif., filtered T, MW power, CTAB solution V and concentration 2 mL solution + 200 µL ACN + 46 µL Li-NTf2 0.5 g/mL; VA 3 min; heated 2 min at 65 °C; centrif.; sedimented droplet dil. to 100 µL with ACN, VA η 92.8%–95.7% (2 levels);
RSD < 19.3%;
LOQ 0.02–0.36 µg/g;
several interferences from the sample co-extracted
[89]
in-situ LPME with IL-based surfactant HPLC-DAD sediment PAHs, alkyl-phenols, paraben MWE: 0.1 g s.s. + 3–5 mL 40 mM C16MIm-Br sol.; MWE for 6 min at 90 °C and 140 W, cooled; centrif., filtered T, type of ILS, ILS solution V and concentration 4 mL solution + 800 µL ACN + 92 µL Li-NTf2 0.5 g/mL; heated 5 min at 65 °C; VA 3 min; centrif.; sedimented droplet (≈90 µL) dil. to 200 µL with ACN, VA η (2 levels) 91.1%–127%;
RSD < 19%;
LOQ 0.04–1.0 µg/g
[90]
HF-LPME;
DLLME
GC-FPD soil 6 organosulfur
pesticides
5 g s.s. + 10 mL w.; US 40 min; centrif.; used for HF-LPME or filtered (2×), diluted 25× with w. for DLLME not given HF-LPME: 5.0 mL extract, 5 µL o-xylene (ES) in 1-cm HF; stirring 35 min at 1200 rpm; direct injectionDLLME: 0.8 mL MeOH (DS) + 10 µL CCl4 (ES) inj. into 5.0 mL solution; centrif.; direct injection HF-LPME: η 81.7%–109.2%; RSD < 9.6%; DLLME: η 87.8%–100.6%; RSD < 9.0%; LOD not given for soil samples
Comparison: DLLME faster & higher capacity, HF-LPME more robust & simple for complex samples
[91]
HF-LPME GC-MS sediment 12 OCPs
8 PCBs
MWE: 1 g s.s. + 10 mL w.; MWE at 600 W for 20 min at 80 °C; supernatant diluted to 10 mL T, extraction time 10 mL extract, 5 µL toluene (ES) in 1.3-cm HF; stirring 20 min at 700 rpm; direct injection η 73%–111% (OCP) 86–110 % (PCB); RSD < 20%; LOD 0.07–0.70 ng/g [92]
HF-LLLME LC-ESI-MS dried sewage sludge NSAIDs PHWE: 0.5 g s.s. + 20 g sea sand, PLE with 0.01 M NaOH 5 min (5 cyc.) at 120 °C & 100 bar, flush V 60 %; purged with N2, collected 90 mL extract adj. pH to 1.5 and diluted to 100 mL pH of solvent, T, number of cycles, flush volume 100 mL extract, DHE in 10-cm HF wall (ES) & 25 µL 0.1 M (NH4)2CO3 (AS) in HF lumen; stirring 120 min at 600 rpm; direct injection η (PHWE) 101%–109% (spike), 38.9%–90.3%(native); η (HF-LPME) 23.6%–30.3%; RSD < 20%; LOD 0.4–3.7 ng/g; only small matrix effect in ESI [93]
HF-LLLME LC-ESI-MS dried sewage sludge SSRIs PHWE: 0.5 g s.s. + 20 g sea sand; PLE with 0.05 M H3PO4 pH 2 for 5 min (5 cyc.) at 120 °C & 100 bar, flush V 90%; purged with N2, collected 90 mL extract adj. pH to 12.4 and diluted to 100 mL pH of solvent, T, number of cycles, flush volume 100 mL extract, DHE in 10-cm HF wall (ES) & 0.1 M (NH4)H2PO4 pH 2.1 (AS) in HF lumen; stirring 8 h; direct injection η (PHWE) 67%–83%(spike) 72.2%–85.8%(native); η (HF-LPME) 29%–47%; RSD < 20.8 %; LOD 6 ng/g; comparison to direct HF-LLLME method (without PHWE) [94]
HF-LLLME LC-MS/MS sewage sludge SSRIs and metabolites 1 g s.s. + 1.1 L w. + 20 µL HCOOH; stirred 16 h at 900 rpm; filtered, diluted 1:100 or 1:20 not given solution + IS + 10 mL 5 M NaOH, DHE in 28-cm HF wall (ES) & 20 µL w.+HCOOH pH 2 (AS) in HF lumen; stirring 2 h at 800 rpm; direct injection η 26.2%–71.4%;
RSD < 24.6%(SSRI),
< 51% (metab.);
LOD not given
[95]
DI-SDME AP-MALDI-MS soil antibiotic monensin 5 g s.s. + 15 mL w. (10% NaCl); shaking 5 min, US 5 min; centrif., repeat; supernatants collected not given 20.0 mL solution + 10% NaCl, 1.5 µL CHCl3/toluene (1:1) drop immersed for 10 min at 240 rpm; direct injection η 74.5%–82.8% (3 levels);
RSD < 6.5%;
LOD 12.4 ng/mL b
[96]
HS-SDME GC-FID fire debris fire accelerants 20x20 cm piece of textile soaked with accelerant, ignited; debris + 100 mL w., mixed 3 min; centrif., filtered sample volume 10 mL filtrate stirred at 1500 rpm, 2.5 µL benzyl alcohol drop exposed to HS for 20 min; direct injection LOD 0.15 mg/L a [97]
ESy GC-ECD
GC-MS
soil OCPs 1 g s.s. + 10 mL w./ACN (8:2); US 15 min; centrif.; supernatant + 70 µL conc. H3PO4 + 100 mg Cu granules; US 15 min; filtered ACN addition to extr. solvent 3 mL filtrate flushed through donor side ESy at 100 µL/min; acceptor phase: n-undecane; direct injection compared with SE and PLE: comparable results, less solvent (~4 mL vs. 420 mL-SE or 18 mL-PLE) and time (1.5 h vs. 4 h-SE or 0.85 h-PLE), less s.s. [98]

a given in liquid sample/leachate/filtrate; b LOD for soil given in ng/mL. Abbreviations: ES—extraction solvent; DS—disperser solvent in DLLME; AS—acceptor solvent in HF-LLLME; PM—polar modifier in SFE; OM—organic modifier in PLE; ATPS—aqueous two-phase system; ESy—extracting syringe; MSPD—matrix solid phase dispersion; s.s.—solid sample. Solvents: AC—acetone; ACN—acetonitrile; ClBz—chlorobenzene; DHE—di-n-hexyl ether; ILS—ionic liquid-based surfactant, MeOH—methanol; THF—tetrahydrofuran; TtCEt—tetrachloroethylene; w.—water (ultrapure/double deionized/MilliQ). Reagents: CTAB—cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; Li-NTf2—lithium bis[(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl]imide; MTBSTFAN-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-N-methyl-trifluoroacetamide; [BMIm]Br—1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide; C16MIm-Br—1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide.