title: Surfactant cloud point extraction and preconcentration of organic compounds prior to chromatography and capillary electrophoresis.
abstract: The use of preconcentration steps based on phase separation by the cloud point technique offers a convenient alternative to more conventional extraction systems. It has been used successfully for the preconcentration of species of widely differing character and nature, such as metal ions, proteins and other biomaterials, or organic compounds of strongly differing polarity. Here we address the most recent analytical applications of this methodology when used as an isolation and trace enrichment step prior to the analysis of organic compounds (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated compounds, pesticides, phenolic derivatives, aromatic amines, vitamins, etc.) via liquid and gas chromatography or capillary electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences, School of Chemistry, University of Salamanca, Spain. rcm@gugu.usal.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carabias-Martínez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Gonzalo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moreno-Cordero
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pérez-Pavón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Pinto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández Laespada
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008823:Micelles; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000097:blood; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008823:Micelles; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014815:Vitamins; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls