Investigation of the Declared Value of Selenium in Food Supplements by HG-AFS |
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Authors: | Vekoslava Stibilj Plolona Smrkolj Aleš Krbavčič |
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Affiliation: | (1) Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;(2) Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | The method of hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS) was optimised for determination of selenium in food supplements. Due to the high and varied content of Cu, Mg and Zn in the samples, the standard addition method was found to be the most appropriate. The reliability of the method was checked by the independent method of radiochemical neutron activation analysis, and good agreement was found between the two methods. HG-AFS is simple and rapid for Se determination in food supplements based on minerals. Agreement between the selenium values found and declared was worse than 10% in 9 out of 13 supplements. Furthermore, 2 of the 14 supplements did not comply with the recommendations stated in the 27th edition of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, which states that minerals and vitamins in food supplements should be in the range of 90 and 200% of the declared value. |
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Keywords: | : Selenium food supplements hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry. |
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