In this work, an on-line SPE-HPLC method with spectrophotometric detection was developed for the determination of coumarins in complex samples. For the on-line cleanup of samples, a molecularly imprinted polymer was packed into the column cartridge and coupled directly with HPLC (MISPE-HPLC) using a column switching system. The separation of coumarins was performed on a C18 core-shell column (100×4.6mm, 5μm) with a mobile phase consisting of 0.3% acetic acid/acetonitrile with gradient elution at a flow-rate of 1mLmin-1. The total time of the whole analytical run, including the extraction step, was 13.25min. The on-line MISPE-HPLC method was optimized and validated. The results showed good linearity (0.10-100μgmL-1) with correlation coefficients higher than 0.99. The LOD values were from 0.03 to 0.15μgmL-1. The proposed method was successfully applied for analysis of real samples (Cassia cinnamon, chamomile tea, and Tokaj specialty wines) and obtained recoveries varied from 78.7% to 112.2% with an RSD less than 9%.

The Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy Charles University Heyrovského 1203 Hradec Králové 500 05 Czech Republic

The Institute of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Radlinského 9 812 37 Bratislava Slovakia

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