A novel green magnetic molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction (MMI-SPE) for separation of memantine (MEM) from complicated matrices was proposed. The nanomaterial was synthesized via crosslinking of chitosan (CHIT) with [3-(2, 3-epoxypropoxy)-propyl] trimethoxysilane (EPPTMS) in presence of MEM as a template. The nanocomposites, in all steps, were characterized by SEM, FTIR and PXRD techniques. The adsorbed drug was removed from magnetic molecular imprinted polymer (MMIP) cavity by ethanol: acetic acid (8:2, v/v) and then, coupled with sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate (NQS) in iodine/alkaline medium to yield highly fluorescent product, after reduction with potassium borohydride (KBH4). Variables affecting extraction of MEM from imprinted sites and its fluorometric analysis were studied. The linearity was achieved over concentration range of 1.84–95.0 ng mL−1 with LOD of 0.6 ng mL−1. The method was successfully applied for determination of MEM in its pharmaceutical tablets and human serum with recoveries of 100.8 ± 3.0, 97.6 ± 2.9, respectively.
Research Department	
              
          Research Journal	
              International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
          Research Publisher	
              NULL
          Research Rank	
              1
          Research Vol	
              Vol. 140
          Research Website	
              https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.08.099
          Research Year	
              2019
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