Optimization and validation of an extraction method for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in chocolate candies

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kumari, Rupender ^a   Chaturvedi, Prashant ^a   Ansari, Nasreen G ^a   Murthy, Ramesh C ^a   Patel, Devendra K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Activated silica gel column clean up; Chocolate; GC MS; Liquid liquid extraction (LLE); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTANT; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CACAO; CALIBRATION; CANDY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84856072725     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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