Simultaneous determination of four plant hormones in bananas by molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction coupled with high performance liquid chromatography

Analyst. 2012 Jun 21;137(12):2884-90. doi: 10.1039/c2an35362h. Epub 2012 May 3.

Abstract

A highly selective molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction (MISPE) combined with liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection was developed for the simultaneous isolation and determination of four plant hormones including indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) in banana samples. The new molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs) prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization using 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and 1-methylpiperazine as mimic templates performed with high selectivity and affinity for the four plant hormones, and applied as selective sorbents of solid-phase extraction could effectively eliminate the interferences of the banana matrix. Good linearity was obtained in a range of 0.04-4.00 μg g(-1) and the recoveries of the four plant hormones at three spiked levels ranged from 78.5 to 107.7% with the relative standard deviations (RSD) of less than 4.6%. The developed MISPE-HPLC protocol obviously improved the selectivity and eliminated the effect of template leakage on quantitative analysis, and could be applied for the determination of plant hormones in complicated biological samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Microspheres
  • Molecular Imprinting / methods*
  • Musa / chemistry*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / analysis*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / isolation & purification*
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods*
  • Time Factors
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Polymers
  • Water