An SPE column-teflon sleeve assembly for in-line retention during supercritical fluid extraction of analytes from biological matrices
✍ Scribed by Maxwell, Robert J. ;Lightfield, Alan R. ;Stolker, Alida A. M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 471 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0935-6304
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✦ Synopsis
An in-line collector assembly designed for use in supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) vessels is described. This assembly enables solutes extracted by supercritical fluids (SF) to be retained in-line on standard solid phase extraction (SPE) columns. The assembly consists of a standard 1 mL or 3 mL SPE column fitted into a specially fabricated Teflon@ sleeve. The SPE column-Teflon sleeve assembly is inserted into the SFE vessel followed by the sample matrix. This unit forms a leak-tight seal with the vessel's end-cap up to pressures of 680 bar. The choice of sorbents used in the in-line SPE columns is dependent upon the properties of the solute in the supercritical state. After SFE is completed, the SPE column is removed and the solutes are recovered in 1-2 mL of the eluting solvent. No further clean-up is normally required prior to chromatographic analysis of the analyte. A comparison was made of recoveries by in-line and off-line (after SF decompression) techniques for the SFE of three anabolic steroids in fortified chicken liver. The HPLC chromatograms of the steroids from the off-line SPE columns were too complex for quantitation, because of coeluting artifacts, whereas chromatograms obtained from in-line SPE columns were free from UV-absorbing interferences and were easily quantified.