Molecularly imprinted polymers in toxicology: a literature survey for the last 5 years

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 27; pp. 35437 - 35471
• Main Authors: Köse, Kazım, Kehribar, Demet Yalçın, Uzun, Lokman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bioaccumulation; Chemicals; Crime; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Imprinted polymers; Literature reviews; Polymers; Review Article; Toxicology; Tracking equipment; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Yeast; Toxicology; Forensic; Pharmaceutic; Detection; MIP; Sensor
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14510-4

The science of toxicology dates back almost to the beginning of human history. Toxic chemicals, which are encountered in different forms, are always among the chemicals that should be investigated in criminal field, environmental application, pharmaceutic, and even industry, where many researches have been carried out studies for years. Almost all of not only drugs but also industrial dyes have toxic side and direct effects. Environmental micropollutants accumulate in the tissues of all living things, especially plants, and show short- or long-term toxic symptoms. Chemicals in forensic science can be known by detecting the effect they cause to the body with the similar mechanism. It is clear that the best tracking tool among analysis methods is molecularly printed polymer-based analytical setups. Different polymeric combinations of molecularly imprinted polymers allow further study on detection or extraction using chromatographic and spectroscopic instruments. In particular, methods used in forensic medicine can detect trace amounts of poison or biological residues on the scene. Molecularly imprinted polymers are still in their infancy and have many variables that need to be developed. In this review, we summarized how molecular imprinted polymers and toxicology intersect and what has been done about molecular imprinted polymers in toxicology by looking at the studies conducted in the last 5 years.