“…The most usual methods for purification of b-agonists before analysis are liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) [9,10], solid phase extraction (SPE) [11,12], immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) [13], molecularly imprinted polymer solid phase extraction (MISPE) [14,15] and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) [16]. However, the conventional LLE procedures are complex, time-consuming and generally labor intensive and require large quantities of expensive, toxic and environmentally unfriendly organic solvents.…”