title: Optimization of the treatment of wheat samples for the determination of phytic acid by HPLC with refractive index detection.
abstract: The treatment of wheat samples was optimized before the determination of phytic acid by high-performance liquid chromatography with refractive index detection. Drying by lyophilization and oven drying were studied; drying by lyophilization gave better results, confirming that this step is critical in preventing significant loss of analyte. In the extraction step, washing of the residue and collection of this water before retention of the phytates in the NH2 Sep-Pak cartridge were important. The retention of phytates in the NH2 Sep-Pak cartridge and elimination of the HCI did not produce significant loss (P = 0.05) in the phytic acid content of the sample. Recoveries of phytic acid averaged 91%, which is a substantial improvement with respect to values reported by others using this methodology.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Química, Centro de Química Analítica, Laboratorio de Métodos Cromatográficos, Apartado 47102, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela. rosa.amaro@ciens.ucv.ve
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amaro
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murillo
authors.forename: Zurima
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escalona
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hernández
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D012031:Refractometry; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010833:Phytic Acid