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Amira M El-Kosasy1, Omar Abdel-Aziz1, Miriam F Ayad1
1Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract:
Gradient reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection was used for separation, detection and quantification of bisphenol-A-diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and some of its reaction products, namely, BADGE·HCl·H2O, BADGE·H2O and BADGE·2HCl in pure form and in canned foods, where canned beans and tuna were used as representatives of aqueous and oil-in-water food matrices, respectively. The proposed method had a linear range of 0.01-0.5 μg g-1 for BADGE·HCl·H2O, BADGE·H2O, BADGE·2HCl and 0.02-0.7 μg g-1 for BADGE in aqueous food matrices. In oil-in-water matrices, the method was proven to be sensitive over a linear range of 0.01-0.5 μg g-1 for BADGE·HCl·H2O, BADGE·H2O and 0.02-0.7 μg g-1 for BADGE·2HCl and BADGE. The limits of detection and quantification ranged from 0.24 to 1.22 ng g-1 and 0.73 to 14.07 ng g-1, respectively. Excellent intraday and interday precision (n = 9) were obtained with RSD% of 0.84-2.19% and 1.88-2.52%, respectively. Accuracy was measured at five concentration levels and the recoveries ranged from 96.31% to 98.76% with an acceptable variation of ±0.9-2.87. Results suggest that the proposed method could be applied for the routine analysis of the studied compounds in their laboratory-prepared mixtures and in various types of canned foods following the limits and regulations of the European Union.
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