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The aim is to synthesize and characterize a hydrophobic polymer for selective extraction of aflatoxins using natural deep eutectic solvents.

Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophobic Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent‐based Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Selective Extraction of Aflatoxins and Determination With Liquid Chromatography‐Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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Randomized trial demonstrates effective aflatoxin extraction in food matrices, indicating environmental benefits of new polymers.

The aim is to synthesize and characterize a hydrophobic polymer for selective extraction of aflatoxins using natural deep eutectic solvents.
Synthesis of polymer through precipitation polymerization using 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin as template.
Use of thymol/methacrylic acid deep eutectic solvent as porogen and functional monomer.
Optimization of pH, concentration, contact time, and temperature through batch adsorption studies.
High adsorption capacity of 9.44–9.71 mg/g at pH 7 with 5 mg/L initial aflatoxin concentration.
Adsorption shows good agreement with Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model.
Polymers exhibit high selectivity for aflatoxins over competing mycotoxins.

Mbisana et al. (2026) studied this question.

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