“…However, these liquideliquid procedures are generally time-consuming and require large amounts of solvents. To overcome these problems, alternative methods have been applied, such as solid-phase extraction (Gianotti et al, 2008;Gosetti, Mazzucco, Gianotti, Polati, & Gennaro, 2007;Zotou, Loukou, Soufleros, & Stratis, 2003), solid-phase microextraction (Awan, Fleet, & Thomas, 2008), hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction (Saaid et al, 2009) or more recently dispersive liquideliquid microextraction (DLLME) (Huang et al, 2011). Among these, the most simple, rapid and environmental friendly approach seems to be the DLLME procedure, as Cunha, Fernandes, and Oliveira (2011, chp 1) explains in a comprehensive review.…”