Supramolecular solvent-based liquid phase microextraction of malachite green at trace level from water samples for its UV–vis spectrophotometric detection

ABSTRACT

A simple and fast microextraction procedure based on supramolecular solvent extraction of malachite green from water samples has been established in the presented work. The effective analytical parameters including pH, solvent volume, sample volume etc. on the quantitative recoveries of the malachite green were optimised. Matrix effects were also investigated. The preconcentration factor was found as 50. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were 16.3 and 54.5 µg L⁻¹, respectively. The relative standard deviation percentage was below 7%. The presented procedure was applied to the determination of malachite green content of natural water samples from fish farm and tap water etc.

KEYWORDS:

• Malachite green
• supramolecular solvent
• microextraction
• UV–vis spectrophotometry
• water

Acknowledgments

The authors also would like to thank to Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, for providing all laboratory facilities.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.