title: Determination of fat-soluble vitamins in vegetable oils through microwave-assisted high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: In this manuscript, a study of the effect of microwave radiation on the high-performance liquid chromatography separation of tocopherols and vitamin K1 was conducted. The novelty of the application was the use of a relatively low polarity mobile phase in which the dielectric heating effect was minimized to evaluate the nonthermal effect of the microwave radiation over the separation process. Results obtained show that microwave-assisted high-performance liquid chromatography had a shorter analysis time from 31.5 to 13.3 min when the lowest microwave power was used. Moreover, narrower peaks were obtained; hence the separation was more efficient maintaining or even increasing the resolution between the peaks. This result confirms that the increase in mobile phase temperature is not the only variable for improving the separation process but also other nonthermal processes must intervene. Fluorescence detection demonstrated better signal-to-noise compared to photodiode arrayed detection mainly due to the independent effect of microwave pulses on the baseline noise, but photodiode array detection was finally chosen as it allowed a simultaneous detection of nonfluorescent compounds. Finally, a determination of the content of the vitamin E homologs was carried out in different vegetable oils. Results were coherent with those found in the literature.
authors: Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Alicante, Spain.
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Carballo
authors: Soledad
authors: S
authors: Prats
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Maestre
authors: José-Luis
authors: JL
authors: Todolí
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005223:Fats / Q000737:chemistry*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008872:Microwaves; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012995:Solubility; D014815:Vitamins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005223:Fats; D010938:Plant Oils; D014815:Vitamins
keywords: Microwaves; Phylloquinone; Tocopherols; Vegetable oils