Issue 5, 2014

Determination of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in vegetable oil by GPC-HPLC-FLD

Abstract

This study develops a gel permeation chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection (GPC-HPLC-FLD) method for determination of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in vegetable oil. In the method, sample is extracted with ethyl acetate/cyclohexane (1 : 1, v/v), and cleaned up with the GPC. The separation of target compounds is performed on a Extend C18 column (4.6 × 250 mm, 5 μm) at 25 °C with methanol and 10 mmol L−1 ammonium acetate solution as mobile phase with gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min−1. The injection volume was 10 μL, detection wavelengths were set at 360 nm (λex) and 440 nm (λem) at 0–23 min, and 380 nm (λex) and 408 nm (λem) at 23–35 min using FLD. The detection limits of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) were 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 and 1.0 μg kg−1, respectively. The linear detection ranges of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) are 0.5–25.0 μg kg−1, 1.0–30.0 μg kg−1, 1.0–10.0 μg kg−1, 1.0–30.0 μg kg−1, 1.0–10.0 μg kg−1 with correlation coefficients (R2) of 0.9998, 0.9999, 0.9997, 0.9998, 0.9996, respectively. Recovery rates in vegetable oil spiked with target compounds are in the range of 82.6–101.6%, with the relative standard deviation of 4.85–9.84%. The real sample tests show that this simple and accurate method can be used for determination of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in vegetable oil.

Graphical abstract: Determination of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in vegetable oil by GPC-HPLC-FLD

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Nov 2013
Accepted
11 Dec 2013
First published
11 Dec 2013

Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 1545-1549

Determination of benzo(a)pyrene and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in vegetable oil by GPC-HPLC-FLD

H. Wang, L. Zhao, H. Yang, Q. Guo, H. Shi, H. Pan, L. Zhao and C. Qian, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 1545 DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41955J

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