Determination of rhodamine B in soft drink, waste water and lipstick samples after solid phase extraction

Mustafa Soylak*, Yunus Emre Unsal, Erkan Yilmaz, Mustafa Tuzen

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Abstract

A new solid phase extraction method is described for sensitive and selective determination of trace levels of rhodamine B in soft drink, food and industrial waste water samples. The method is based on the adsorption of rhodamine B on the Sepabeads SP 70 resin and its elution with 5mL of acetonitrile in a mini chromatographic column. Rhodamine B was determined by using UV visible spectrophotometry at 556nm. The effects of different parameters such as pH, amount of rhodamine B, flow rates of sample and eluent solutions, resin amount, and sample volume were investigated. The influences of some alkali, alkali earth and transition metals on the recoveries of rhodamine B were investigated. The preconcentration factor was found 40. The detection limit based on three times the standard deviation of the reagent blank for rhodamine B was 3.14μg L-1. The relative standard deviations of the procedure were found as 5% in 1×10-5mol L-1 rhodamine B. The presented procedure was successfully applied to real samples including soft drink, food and industrial waste water and lipstick samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1796-1799
Number of pages4
JournalFood and Chemical Toxicology
Volume49
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Gaziosmanpasa University and the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Erciyes University .

Keywords

  • Natural water
  • Preconcentration
  • Rhodamine B
  • Sepabeads SP 70
  • Soft drink
  • Spectrophotometry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Toxicology

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