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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Food Science

Background:

  • Selenium is an essential trace element with varying bioavailability depending on its chemical form.
  • Understanding selenium speciation in food is crucial for assessing human nutritional intake and potential toxicity.
  • Garlic and other Allium species are known to accumulate selenium, but their specific selenium compounds are not fully characterized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a sequential extraction procedure for the comprehensive fractionation of diverse selenium species in garlic.
  • To identify and quantify the major selenium compounds present in garlic using advanced analytical techniques.
  • To investigate the influence of sample redox conditions on selenium speciation during the extraction process.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-step sequential extraction protocol involving water leaching, enzymatic and proteolytic lysis, acid extraction, and sulfite/CS(2) treatments.
  • Purification of extracted selenium species using preparative size-exclusion liquid chromatography (LC).
  • Quantification and identification of selenium species by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS), with complementary analysis by electrospray Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (QTOF MS).

Main Results:

  • The developed sequential extraction effectively separated various selenium classes, including water-soluble, cell-wall bound, organic-bound, elemental selenium (Se(0)), and selenide (Se(2-)).
  • HPLC-ICP-MS analysis revealed that selenite, selenate, and selenomethionine were the predominant selenium species in garlic.
  • Electrospray QTOF MS was unsuccessful for peak identification, highlighting the challenges in characterizing complex selenium compounds in food matrices.
  • Selenium speciation was significantly influenced by the redox conditions encountered during sample processing.

Conclusions:

  • The established sequential extraction method provides a robust approach for selenium fractionation in garlic.
  • The identification of key selenium species (selenite, selenate, selenomethionine) offers valuable insights into selenium bioavailability from this food source.
  • Further optimization of mass spectrometry techniques may be required for comprehensive characterization of all selenium compounds in Allium species.