Author(s): Campos, Flávia Milagres ; Ribeiro, Sônia Machado Rocha ; Lucia, Ceres M. Della ; Stringheta, Paulo César ; Pinheiro- Sant' Ana, Helena Maria
Date: 2019
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Vitamin C; Extraction; Chromatography
Document details
Optimization of methodology to analyze ascorbic and dehydroascorbic acid in vegetables
Description
In this study, different solutions to extract vitamin C were tested. High-performance liquid chromatography was chosen and the conditions were based on isocratic elution in reverse phase column. Dehydroascorbic acid was determined indirectly after its reduction using dithiothreitol. The use of metaphosphoric acid to stabilize the vitamin C was shown to be required and it was necessary to neutralize the pH of the extract to apply dithiothreitol. The average recovery was 90% in collard and tomato samples. The presence of oil did not interfere in extraction and the methodology can be used to analyze stir fried vegetables.
Document Type
Journal article
Language English
Language English
