Recent Advances in Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) for Analysis of Hormones

Steroid hormones are active substances that necessary in the normal functioning of all physiological activities body, such as sexual characteristics, metabolism, and mood control. They also widely used exogenous chemicals medical pharmaceutical applications treatments at times growth promoters animal farming. The vast application steroid has resulted them being found different matrices, food, environmental, biological samples. presence matrices means they can easily come into contact with humans animals compounds, resulting abnormal concentrations lead to endocrine disruption. This makes their determination a vital part pollutant management Although advances analytical instruments constant, it been determined these still require some sample preparation steps be able determine occurrence pollutants complex which occur. Advances made ensure easier, selective, sensitive analysis matrices. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have termed advanced solid-phase (SPE) materials for selective extraction preconcentration review explores MIPs types.