Ultrasensitive Determination of Diphacinone by Flow Injection Chemiluminescence: Application to Quantification in Biofluids and Photodegradation Monitoring in Water Samples

Abstract

Abstract An ultrasensitive, quick, and simple approach for the determination of pg levels of diphacinone (DPN) by flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) analysis is proposed for the first time. It is based on the quenching effect of DPN on the CL intensity from a luminol–bovine serum albumin (BSA) CL system, for which the CL intensity decrease was linearly proportional to the logarithm of DPN concentration in the range of 5.0 to 5000 pg/mL. The LOD for DPN determination was as low as 2.0 pg/mL (3σ), and the RSD values were less than 5.0%. One determination cycle that included sampling and washing could be performed in 0.5 min with a sample throughput of 120/h under the optimum experimental conditions. This proposed method was successfully applied to determining DPN in human gastric juice and serum samples with recoveries from 91.8 to 114.3%, and to continuous monitoring of the degradation of DPN in water samples exposed to sunlight during 43 h with a variation ratio of 99.99%. The possible interaction behavior of BSA–DPN is briefly discussed.