“…Sample preparation was performed by hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction (HF-LPME), according to a method previously developed in our laboratory (Calixto and Bonato 2010). n-octanol, used as extraction solvent, was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA); sodium hydroxide, perchloric acid and hydrochloric acid were obtained from Spectrum (New Brunswick, NJ, USA), Nuclear (São Paulo, SP, Brazil), and Mallinckrodt (Xalostoc, Mexico), respectively.…”