title: Determination of PAH in food samples by HPLC with fluorimetric detection following sonication extraction without sample clean-up.
abstract: A rapid method is proposed for the determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in non-fatty food (mashed potato, potato and toasted bread samples) based on their extraction with ethyl ether-methylene chloride (1:1) by sonication, and subsequent separation by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorimetric detection. A Hypersil Green PAH column was used with a gradient of acetonitrile-water as the mobile phase, together with a programme of ten excitation and emission wavelength pairs. At levels 1.60-2320 microg kg(-1), mean recoveries of PAH were in the range 70-86% for mashed potato, potato and toasted bread samples. The relative standard deviations were in the range 4.2-11% (n = 6). Total PAH found in mashed potato were in the range 9.35-17.1 microg kg(-1), in potato samples 8.47-17.2 microg kg(-1) and in toasted bread samples 7.38-18.0 microg kg(-1), with relative standard deviations in the range 0.8-12%. Only chrysene, determined in Ortiz toasted bread (7.38 microg kg(-1)), has carcinogenic properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nieva-Cano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rubio-Barroso
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Santos-Delgado
mesh_terms: D001939:Bread / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons