The invention discloses a method for separating and purifying
microcystin by utilizing series-connected
solid phase extraction columns. The method comprises the following steps of: A, preparing an
algae powder material, namely harvesting wild bloom-forming
cyanobacteria or
microcystis aeruginosa cultured indoors, cooling and
drying to prepare dried
algae powder; B, preparing the
solid phase extraction columns, namely putting C18 fillers into
Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) columns; C, extracting
algae toxin, namely weighing the dried algae
powder, adding
methanol according to a proportion, putting on a shaking table and oscillating at
room temperature; D, removing impurities, namely adding a supernatant and an organic extractant into a separating funnel according to a proportion, mixing and uniformly shaking, standing, and after
delamination, removing the organic extractant; E, separating and purifying the algae
toxin, namely after pretreatment, enriching sample solution by using pre-activated series-connected SPE columns, and eluting the
toxin by using 20 to 50 percent
methanol aqueous solution; and F, performing
Methyl Cellulose (MC) detection. The method has good separation effect, large loading amount, is easy and convenient to operate and low in cost, can obtain two microcystins with the weight of more than or equal to 10 mg and higher purity each time, and the
High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Ultra Violet /
Diode Array
Detector (HPLC-UV / DAD) detection can reach 85 to 90 percent.