Micro-scale membrane extraction of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in water followed by high-performance liquid chromatography and post-column derivatization with fluorescence detector

J Chromatogr A. 2008 May 2;1189(1-2):483-92. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.01.074. Epub 2008 Feb 2.

Abstract

A carrier-mediated supported liquid membrane micro-extraction using single hollow fiber membrane suitable for the determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid in water is reported. A solution of 0.20 M Aliquat-336, a cationic carrier, in di-n-hexyl ether was selected as the supported liquid. A 20 microL of 1.0 M potassium chloride as the acceptor phase was filled in the membrane lumen. The membrane was immersed in a 20 mL of pH 9.0 sample solution. After 60-min extraction, the acceptor phase was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with post-column derivatization. The enrichment factors were found to be 853 and 136 for glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid, respectively. The method detection limits are 0.22 microg/L for glyphosate and 3.40 microg/L for aminomethylphosphonic acid. The procedure was validated and showed good accuracy and precision over a large linear dynamic range. The validated method was tested for the analysis of both analytes in spiked groundwater with good success.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Glycine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glycine / chemistry
  • Glycine / isolation & purification
  • Glyphosate
  • Isoxazoles
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organophosphonates / chemistry
  • Organophosphonates / isolation & purification*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Tetrazoles
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Isoxazoles
  • Organophosphonates
  • Tetrazoles
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • 2-amino-3-(3-hydrox-5(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)isoxazol-4-yl)propionic acid
  • Glycine