Enhancing the sensitivity of extraction for the detection of nicotine in complex samples

contributed by Markes International Ltd | 09/30/2021

Nicotine is considered a so-called ‘emerging lifestyle contaminant’. Elefteria Psillakis at the Technical University of Crete, Greece, used HiSorb™ sample probes to improve the sensitivity of her extraction technique to enable the detection of low levels of nicotine among 4000 compounds.

Nicotine leachates are a widespread environmental problem

Nicotine has been widely detected in water and wastewater. A significant source of nicotine contamination in natural waters is leachates from discarded cigarettes – the most littered items in urban areas and along coastlines. Elefteria Psillakis, professor of water chemistry at the Technical University of Crete, Greece, and her team have embarked on a new and upcoming area of research – investigating nicotine’s fate in the environment. The project was funded by Philip Morris Products SA (Investigator-Initiated Study award) and the results were published in a peer-reviewed environmental chemistry journal.¹

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