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Extraction of Parabens from Water Samples Using Cloud Point Extraction with a Non-Ionic Surfactant with β-Cyclodextrin as Modifier

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A cloud point extraction process using a silicone non-ionic surfactant to extract selected parabens compounds from water samples was investigated using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. The cloud point extraction process, in the presence of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) as a modifier, is a new extraction process which was optimized with five parameters, i.e. salt concentration, pH of the solution, temperature, surfactant concentration and β-CD concentration. The developed method with the β-CD modifier results in an excellent performance on detection of parabens from water samples with limits of detection in the range of 0.017–0.043 μg/L and percentage recoveries from 90.5 to 98.9 %.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to seize this opportunity to express their gratitude to the University Malaya for the Research Grant (RP006A-13SUS), IPPP grant PV076/2012A, University Malaya Centre for Ionic Liquid for the funding, High Impact Research Grant UM-MOHE UM.C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/F00004-21001 from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE). The authors also acknowledge the University of Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) and Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, University of Science Malaysia (IPPT) and MOHE for providing fellowships to the authors Ms. Noorashikin Md Saleh and Mr. Muggundha Raoov s/o Ramachandran.

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  1. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Md Saleh Noorashikin, Muggundha Raoov, Sharifah Mohamad & Mhd Radzi Abas

  2. Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

    Md Saleh Noorashikin

  3. Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, No 1–8 (Lot 8), Persiaran Seksyen 4/1, Bandar Putra Bertam, 13200, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Muggundha Raoov

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Noorashikin, M.S., Raoov, M., Mohamad, S. et al. Extraction of Parabens from Water Samples Using Cloud Point Extraction with a Non-Ionic Surfactant with β-Cyclodextrin as Modifier. J Surfact Deterg 17, 747–758 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-014-1574-5

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