Determination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lotus root by QuEChERS-high performance liquid chromatographyEI北大核心CSCD

A method for the determination of 15 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsPAHsin lotus root by QuEChERS technique combined with high performance liquid chromatography HPLC was established. Lotus root samples were extracted by acetonitrilefiltrated after salting out and purified by C18 and primary secondary aminePSAsorbent. Then the 15 kinds of PAHs were analyzed by HPLC with diode array detector or fluorescence detector after being separated by Athena PAHs column. When the 15 kinds of PAHs were analyzed by diode array detectorthe linear relationships were good between 0.02 and 1.0 mg/L with the correlation coefficients above 0.99 for all the 15 kinds of PAHs. The limits of quantitation were 0.02 mg/kg for allthe average recoveries of the 15 kinds of PAHs were 84.7%-117.1%and the relative standard deviations were 0.73%-11%. When the 14 kinds of PAHsexcept for acenaphthyleneanalyzed by fluorescence detectorthe linear relationships were good between 0.001 and 1.0 mg/L with the correlation coefficients above 0.99 for all the 14 kinds of PAHs except for acenaphthylene. The limits of quantitation were 5 μµg/kg for allthe average recoveries of the 14 kinds of PAHsexcept for acenaphthylenewere 69.1%-111.8%and the relative standard deviations were 0.18%-9.7%. Diode array detector and fluorescence detector are complementary. Diode array detector can analyze all the PAHsbut its sensitivity is relatively low. Fluorescence detector is not suitable for acenaphthylene with weak fluorescence signalbut its sensitivity is much higher than that of diode array detector. This method is suitable for simultaneously and quickly determination of 15 kinds of PAHs in lotus root. © 2022, Youke Publishing Co.,Ltd. All rights reserved.