Functionalized β-Cyclodextrin Polymer Solid Phase Extraction Coupled with UV–Visible Spectrophotometry for Analysis of Kaempferol in Food Samples

Functionalized β-cyclodextrin polymer, mono-6-deoxy-6-imidazole-β-cyclodextrin polymer (β-CDIMCP), was synthesized as a new solid phase adsorbent coupled with UV–visible spectroscopy to separate/analyze trace kaempferol. The results showed that kaempferol was adsorbed rapidly by β-CDIMCP (adsorption efficiency, 94.7 %) and then eluted by methanol (elution efficiency, 93.4 %). Under the optimum conditions, the calibration curve was linear in the concentration range from 0.10 to 14.0 μg/mL, with a correlation coefficient ( R ) of 0.9965. And the limit of detection was 0.028 μg/mL for kaempferol. The preconcentration factor of the method was tenfold. The molecular interaction between β-CDIMCP and kaempferol was studied through inclusion constant and FTIR analysis. The present method had been successfully applied to determine kaempferol in red wine samples.