title: Stir bar sorptive extraction: recent applications, limitations and future trends.
abstract: Stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) has generated growing interest due to its high effectiveness for the extraction of non-polar and medium-polarity compounds from liquid samples or liquid extracts. In particular, in recent years, a large amount of new analytical applications of SBSE has been proposed for the extraction of natural compounds, pollutants and other organic compounds in foods, biological samples, environmental matrices and pharmaceutical products. The present review summarizes and discusses the theory behind SBSE and the most recent developments concerning its effectiveness. In addition, the main results of recent analytical approaches and their applications, published in the last three years, are described. The advantages, limitations and disadvantages of SBSE are described and an overview of future trends and novel extraction sorbents and supports is given.
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Analytical Chemistry and Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain. Electronic address: camino@correo.ugr.es.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Camino-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Analytical Chemistry and Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Analytical Chemistry and Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zafra-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Analytical Chemistry and Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos-Fandila
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Analytical Chemistry and Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vílchez
mesh_terms: D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D052617:Solid Phase Microextraction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals
keywords: Analytical applications; Clinical samples; Environmental samples; Food samples; Sample preparation; Solid phase extraction; Stir bar sorptive extraction