Solid phase extraction–spectrophotometric determination of salicylic acid using magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as extractor

This method shows a novel, fast and simple solid phase extraction–spectrophotometric procedure for preconcentration and determination of salicylic acid (SA) in blood serum using magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) as extractor. It is shown that the novel magnetic nano-adsorbent is quite efficient for fast adsorption of SA at 25 °C. Various parameters affecting the adsorption of SA on MIONs, such as pH of solution, type, volume and concentration of desorbing reagent and amount of adsorbent and matrix effects, have been investigated. The calibration graph for the determination of SA was linear in the range of 0.025–1.250 μg mL−1. The limit of detection (LOD) based on three times the standard deviation of the blank (3Sb) was 5.5 × 10−3 μg mL−1 (n = 10) for SA. The intra-day precision (R.S.D.) was below 10.1% and inter-day R.S.D. was less than 17.5%, while accuracy (relative error R.E.) was within ±3.6 determined from quality control samples for salicylic acid (SA) which corresponded to requirement of the guidance of Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The preconcentration factor of 100 was achieved in this method. The proposed procedure has been successfully applied to the determination of SA in blood serum.