Determination of ochratoxin A in fruit juice by high-performance liquid chromatography after vortex-assisted emulsification microextraction based on solidification of floating organic drop

Abstract

A rapid, simple, and green vortex-assisted emulsification microextraction method based on solidification of floating organic drop was developed for the extraction and determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) with high-performance liquid chromatography. Some factors influencing the extraction efficiency of OTA such as the type and volume of extraction solvent, sample pH, salt concentration, vortex time, and sample volume were optimized. Under optimized conditions, the calibration curve exhibited linearity in the range of 50.0-500 ng L^-1 with a coefficient of determination higher than 0.999. The limit of detection was 15.0 ng L^-1. The inter- and intra-assays relative standard deviations were in a range of 4.7-8.7%. The accuracy of the developed method was investigated through recovery experiments, and it was successfully used for the quantification of OTA in 40 samples of fruit juice.

Keywords: High-performance liquid chromatography; Ochratoxin A; Solidification of floating organic drop; Vortex-assisted emulsification microextraction.