title: Headspace solid-phase micro-extraction gas chromatography method for the determination of methanol in aspartame sweeteners.
abstract: A headspace solid-phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) method for the extraction and determination of residual methanol in artificial sweeteners by capillary gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) is described. A manual SPME holder with an 85- microm polyacrylate fibre was used. The optimized conditions for methanol extraction by SPME were: sample agitation, absorption temperature of 30 degrees C, absorption time of 10 min, desorption time of 2 min and sample volume in the vial of 400.0 micro l. Under these conditions the calibration graphs were linear in the range 2.50-31.60 mg x l(-1), and the precision was good (relative standard deviation 4.9%). The detection limit was 0.40 mg x l(-1); the quantification limit was 2.06 mg x l(-1).
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, ICEx, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 6627 31270-901, Av. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: de Lourdes Cardeal
mesh_terms: D001218:Aspartame / Q000737:chemistry*; D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D000432:Methanol / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000432:Methanol; D001218:Aspartame