Food Science and Biotechnology

, Volume 22, Supplement 1, pp 241–248 | Cite as

A simple method for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pah) in edible oil employing solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge purification

  • So-Young Jung
  • Ju-Sung Park
  • Min-Su Chang
  • Mi-Sun Kim
  • Sang-Mi Lee
  • Jung-Hun Kim
  • Young-Zoo Chae
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Abstract

This paper reports a simple, fast, and inexpensive method for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in edible oils. The sample was dissolved in solvents, and a portion of the solution was loaded onto a solid phase extraction cartridge. The oil from the cartridge was washed away by isooctane/cyclohexane mixture and the absorbed PAHs were eluted with hexane/ dichloromethane mixture. GC-tandem MS was used to analyze 15 PAHs of EU priority in sesame oil and perilla oil. Analytical limits of determination (LOD) were 0.01–0.06 μg/kg, limits of quantitation (LOQ) were 0.03–0.17 μg/kg, and the recovery values ranged 55.1–105.0%. This method was validated using the certified reference material (CRM) and the error values ranged 2.06–4.30%. Twentyone commercial samples were analyzed to determine their PAHs contamination levels. The total concentration of the 15 PAHs in commercial samples ranged from not detected to 9.627 μg/kg. Only 1 sample had excessive benzo(a)pyrene content, which was more than 2.0 μg/kg.

Keywords

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon edible oils styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer cartridge GC-tandem MS 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • So-Young Jung
    • 1
  • Ju-Sung Park
    • 1
  • Min-Su Chang
    • 1
  • Mi-Sun Kim
    • 1
  • Sang-Mi Lee
    • 1
  • Jung-Hun Kim
    • 1
  • Young-Zoo Chae
    • 1
  1. 1.Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentSeoulKorea

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