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- Title
Evaluation of blood lead levels in opium addicts and healthy control group using novel deep eutectic solvent based dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction followed by GFAAS.
- Authors
Jouybari, Toraj Ahmadi; Jouybari, Hadi Ahmadi; Hosseini, Fatemeh; Nesari, Mohsen; Fattahi, Nazir
- Abstract
Today, drug dealers and sellers add lead compounds to these substances to get more profit. As a result, drug users are heavily exposed to lead, and lead poisoning is clearly seen in most of them. Therefore, it is especially important to check the blood lead levels in these people. In this research, an efficient and eco-friendly pretreatment method was established by deep eutectic solvent for dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DES − DLLME) followed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) analysis. The selected hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent consists of l-menthol and (1S)-(+)-camphor-10-sulfonic acid (CSA) at a 5:1 molar ratio as a green solvent instead of traditional toxic organic solvents. Under the optimal extraction conditions, the introduced method exhibited good linearity with coefficient of determination (r2) 0.9975 and an acceptable linear range of 0.3–80 µg L−1. Accordingly, the detection limit was 0.1 µg L−1 (S/N = 3) for lead ions, and the high enrichment factor (240) was obtained. The proposed method was successfully applied to analysis lead ions in real blood samples, which is a promising technique for biological samples. The case samples were classified and analyzed based on age, duration of consumption, and type of substance. The results showed that there was no significant difference between blood lead levels in different age groups and different duration of use, while blood lead levels were higher in opium residue (shireh) users than in opium users.
- Subjects
LIQUID-liquid extraction; EUTECTICS; LEAD; FURNACE atomic absorption spectroscopy; SOLVENTS; OPIUM; LEAD poisoning
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 9, p24553
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-022-23942-5