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In the present work, pulsed electromembrane extraction (PEME) was performed for the first time, as a new concept of electrically enhanced microextraction method, for extraction and quantification of histidine, phenylalanine and tryptophan in different matrices. PEME offers an alternative to conventional electromembrane extraction (EME), which faces problems such as serious instabilities in the analysis of real samples with high concentration levels of ions. In these samples, increasing of the ion transportation across the liquid membrane results in Joule heating during the extraction process which may follow by punctuation of the organic membrane, increasing of the current level and bubble formation due to electrolysis reactions. A mixture of 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE), di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (DEHP) and tris-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (TEHP) was immobilized in the pores of hollow fiber as the organic …