TY - JOUR N2 - A new sample preparation method is proposed for the extraction of pharmaceutical compounds (Metformin, Phenyl biguanide, and Phenformin) of varied hydrophilicity, dissolved in an aqueous sample. When in contact with an organic phase, an interfacial potential is imposed by the presence of an ion, tetramethylammonium (TMA+), common to each phase. The interfacial potential difference drives the transfer of ionic analytes across the interface and allows it to reach up to nearly 100 extraction efficiency and a 60-fold enrichment factor in optimized extraction conditions as determined by HPLC analysis. © 2019 American Chemical Society. IS - 11 ID - scholars11537 KW - High performance liquid chromatography KW - Enrichment factors; Extraction conditions; Extraction efficiencies; Interfacial potential; Liquid-liquid extraction; Pharmaceutical compounds; Sample preparation methods; Tetramethylammonium KW - Extraction JF - Analytical Chemistry A1 - Jajuli, M.N. A1 - Hussin, M.H. A1 - Saad, B. A1 - Rahim, A.A. A1 - Hébrant, M. A1 - Herzog, G. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066853156&doi=10.1021%2facs.analchem.9b01674&partnerID=40&md5=d98d811bb10c0749683ae7ac34ffa277 VL - 91 Y1 - 2019/// N1 - cited By 11 SP - 7466 TI - Electrochemically Modulated Liquid-Liquid Extraction for Sample Enrichment AV - none EP - 7473 PB - American Chemical Society SN - 00032700 ER -