“…The sorbents may be of mineral or organic origin. Among these, modified silicas (C 8 and C 18 ), ion exchangers [23], graphitized carbon black [24], various polymeric sorbents polystyrene-divinyl benzene, (PS-DVB) [25], immunosorbents [26], molecularly imprinted polymers [27], conductive polymers [28], porous polymers [29], polysaccharides such as chitin [30,31], starch [32,33] and chitosan [34,35] etc. are reported.…”