Gas Chromatographic Determination of Butylated Hydroxyanisole, Butylated Hydroxytoluene and Tertiarybutyl Hydroquinone in Soybean Oil |
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| Authors: | DAVID B MIN DENISE SCHWEIZER |
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| Affiliation: | Authors Min and Schweiger are with the Dept. of Food Science &Nutrition, Ohio Agricultural Research &Development Center, 2121 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH 43210. |
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| Abstract: | Oils containing different levels of the most common phenolic antioxidants, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and tertiarybutyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) from 0–200 ppm were analyzed by a new gas chromatographic method. The antioxidants in oils were isolated by nitrogen gas purging, collected on Tenax GC coated with polymetaphenoxylene, and then separated and quantitated by gas chromatography. This method requires neither extraction of antioxidants from oil nor derivatization of antioxidants. The correlation coefficients (r) between gas chromatographic peak heights or peak area and their concentrations in oils were 0.99 for BHA, BHT, and TBHQ. This simple gas chromatographic method can determine as little as 10 ppm pf BHA, BHT, or TBHQ in oils in an hour. |
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