Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 139, Issue 1-4, Pages 1036-1043Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.02.012
Keywords
Fish oils; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction; (USAE) and ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction (USAEME)
Funding
- EU FEDER funds
- FPU
- Juan de la Cierva research program
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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Fish oil has been identified as one of the most important contributors to the level of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in feed products. The determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fish oils is complicated due to the fat matrix, which affects both extraction efficiency and analytical quality. This article reviews and addresses two of the most relevant analytical methods for determining 11 mutagenic and carcinogenic PAHs, as well as two EPA indicator PAHs in fish oils. We discuss and critically evaluate two different extraction procedures, such as ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction (USAE) and ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction (USAEME). Clean-up of extracts was performed by solid-phase extraction using C18 and glass columns containing silica gel and florisil for USAE or only C18 for USAEME. Detection of the selected PAHs was carried out by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection for determination. Optimization of the variables affecting extraction by the selected extraction techniques was conducted and recoveries ranged from 70% to 100% by USAE and from 70% to 108% by USAEME with estimated quantification limits between 0.020 and 2.6 mu g/kg were achieved. Moreover, the applicability of the selected methods was evaluated by the analysis of real samples. To our knowledge, this is the first time that USAEME has been applied to the determination of PAHs in food matrices, such as oil fish samples. The methods proposed were applied to the determination of the target PAHs in fish samples from different countries, and it was found that the low PAH contamination of the selected fish oils could mainly occur by atmospheric sources. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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