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The volatile components of Murraya koenigii fresh leaves, collected from Surat Thani province, Thailand were studied by using headspace (HS) solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The four fibers employed to extract the volatiles were polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polydimethylsiloxane-divinylbenzene (PDMS-DVB), carboxane-polydimethylsiloxane (CAR-PDMS) and polydimethylsiloxane-divinylbenzene-carboxane (PDMS-DVB-CAR). The volatile constituents of M. koenigii fresh leaves were also extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. Fifty-one compounds were identified by these fibers. Five major compounds, -terpinene, -caryophyllene, -phellandrene, -selinene and -pinene, were detected in all fibers. The PDMS-DVB-CAR fiber was considered as the best for trapping key volatiles of M. koenigii fresh leaves.

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Funding informationScience Achievement Scholarship of Thailand (SAST); Mae Fah Luang University (MFU) Copper(II) (Cu 2+ ) ion-imprinted polymers were prepared by suspension polymerization using 2.5 mmol of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate as the template ion, 5 mmol of 4-vinylpyridine and methacrylic acid as functional monomers, 20 mmol of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the cross-linker, 1 mmol of 1,1′-azobis (cyclohexanecarbonitrile) as the initiator in the porogen of 10 mL of toluene, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose as a stabilizer in the polymerization reaction. The obtained polymers were used to quantify Cu 2+ ion by using flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. Chemical structure, morphology, crystalline structure, and surface area of polymers were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller respectively. The diameters of the synthesized polymer particles were about 250 nm. The Cu 2+ ion-imprinted polymers illustrated good recognition property and selective adsorption ability with Cu 2+ higher than Mn 2+ and Fe 2+ . Thus, this work could be applied as a sorbent from the enrichment of Cu 2+ ions in analytes.