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Modern Methods of Analysis of Carotenoids (Review)

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Qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis of carotenoids that are used to analyze drugs, dietary supplements, and food products are reviewed. UV and visible spectrophotometry and chromatographic methods, e.g., thin-layer (TLC), high-performance liquid (HPLC), and supercritical fluid (SFC) chromatography, are discussed. The importance of using hybrid chromatography methods with IR, NMR, and mass-spectroscopic detectors is demonstrated. The dependence of carotenoid chromatographic separation parameters on sorbate polarity (dipole moment) in TLC, HPLC, and SFC is demonstrated for the first time.

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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 29 – 40, February, 2016.

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Finkel’shtein, E.I. Modern Methods of Analysis of Carotenoids (Review). Pharm Chem J 50, 96–107 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-016-1405-2

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