Electromembrane extraction of verapamil and riluzole from urine and wastewater samples using a mixture of organic solvents as a supported liquid membrane: Study on electric current variations.

In this study, the application of a mixture of organic solvents as a supported liquid membrane for improving the efficiency of the electromembrane extraction procedure was investigated. The extraction process was followed by HPLC analysis of two model drugs (verapamil and riluzole). In this research, four organic solvents, including 1-heptanol, 1-octanol, 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether and 2-ethyl hexanol were selected as model solvents and different binary mixtures (v/v) (2:1, 1:1 and 1:2) were used as the supported liquid membrane. The mixture of 2-ethyl hexanol and 1-otanol (v/v, 2:1) improved the extraction efficiency of model drugs by 1.5 to 12 times. It was found that extraction efficiency is greatly influenced by the level of electric current. In this study, for various mixtures of organic solvents, the electric current fluctuated between 50 and 2500 μA, and the highest extraction efficiencies were obtained with low and stable electric currents. Finally, the optimized extraction condition was validated and applied for the determination of model drugs in urine and wastewater samples. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.