Determination of tocopherols and sitosterols in seeds and nuts by QuEChERS-liquid chromatography

[EN]In the present work a simple, reliable and affordable sample treatment method for the simultaneous analysis of tocopherols and free phytosterols in nuts was developed. Analyte extraction was carried out using the QuEChERS methodology and analyte separation and detection were accomplished using H...

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Autores: Delgado Zamarreño, María Milagros, Fernández-Prieto, Cristina, Bustamante Rángel, Myriam, Pérez‐Martín, Lara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/155686
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/155686
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:QuEChERS
LC
Tocopherols
Phytosterols
Nuts
2301 Química Analítica
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Sumario:[EN]In the present work a simple, reliable and affordable sample treatment method for the simultaneous analysis of tocopherols and free phytosterols in nuts was developed. Analyte extraction was carried out using the QuEChERS methodology and analyte separation and detection were accomplished using HPLC–DAD. The use of this methodology for the extraction of natural occurring substances provides advantages such as speed, simplicity and ease of use. The parameters evaluated for the validation of the method developed included the linearity of the calibration plots, the detection and quantification limits, repeatability, reproducibility and recovery. The proposed method was successfully applied to the analysis of tocopherols and free phytosterols in samples of almonds, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, tiger nuts, sun flower seeds and pistachios