PMID- 27734141 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180125 LR - 20221207 IS - 1618-2650 (Electronic) IS - 1618-2642 (Linking) VI - 408 IP - 28 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Rapid determination of some beta-blockers in complicated matrices by tandem dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by high performance liquid chromatography. PG - 8163-8176 AB - In this research work, an efficient tandem dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (TDLLME) procedure coupled with high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) was successfully applied for the determination of beta-blockers in human plasma and pharmaceutical wastewater samples. High clean-up and preconcentration factor are easily and rapidly feasible via this novel, cheap, and safe microextraction method, leading to high quality experimental data. It consists of two sequential dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction methods, accomplished via air/ultrasonic agitation and air agitation, respectively. In order to enrich the optimal values for the mentioned procedures, the Box-Behnken design (BBD) combined with the desirability function (DF) was used. The optimum values were found to be 11.0 % (w/v) of the salt amount, an initial pH value of 12.0, 103 muL of organic extractant phase, and 45 muL of aqueous extractant phase with pH value of 2.0, resulted in reasonable recovery percentages with a logical desirability. Under optimal experimental conditions, good linear ranges (3-2000 ng mL(-1) for metoprolol and 2.5-2500 ng mL(-1) for propranolol with the correlation of determinations (R (2)s) higher than 0.99) and low limits of detection (0.8 and 1.0 ng mL(-1) for propranolol and metoprolol, respectively) were obtainable. Also, TDLLME-HPLC-UV provided good proper repeatabilities (relative standard deviations (RSDs) below 5.7 %, n = 3) and high enrichment factors (EFs) of 75-100. Graphical abstract TDLLME of beta-blockers from complicated matrices. FAU - Hemmati, Maryam AU - Hemmati M AD - Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, 2333383-193, Iran. FAU - Asghari, Alireza AU - Asghari A AD - Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, 2333383-193, Iran. aasghari@semnan.ac.ir. FAU - Bazregar, Mohammad AU - Bazregar M AD - Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, 2333383-193, Iran. FAU - Rajabi, Maryam AU - Rajabi M AD - Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, 2333383-193, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161012 PL - Germany TA - Anal Bioanal Chem JT - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry JID - 101134327 RN - 0 (Adrenergic beta-Antagonists) RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) SB - IM MH - Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/analysis/*blood MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Humans MH - Limit of Detection MH - Liquid Phase Microextraction MH - Time Factors MH - Wastewater/*chemistry MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/*blood OTO - NOTNLM OT - Beta-blockers OT - Box-Behnken design OT - Complicated matrices OT - Developed liquid-phase microextraction OT - High clean-up and preconcentration EDAT- 2016/10/22 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/26 06:00 CRDT- 2016/10/14 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/09/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/10/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00216-016-9922-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00216-016-9922-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Bioanal Chem. 2016 Nov;408(28):8163-8176. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-9922-0. Epub 2016 Oct 12.