Improved Cleanup and Derivatization for Gas Chromatographic Determination of Monosodium Glutamate in Foods

1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1528-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Nakanishi

Abstract A gas chromatographic procedure is described for determining monosodium glutamate (MSG) in several types of food. A sample is extracted with acetone- water (1 + 1). Acetone is evaporated and an aliquot of the extract is buffered with 1M NH4OH-1M NH4CI pH 9 solution, and chromatographed directly on a column of QAE Sephadex A-25 that has been pretreated with the same buffer. MSG is eluted with 0.1N HC1, and a portion of the eluate is evaporated to dryness and reacted with dimethylformamide( DMF)-dimethylacetal to form the glutamic acid derivative, which is injected into a gas chromatograph and measured by flame ionization detection. Recoveries of MSG from sample fortified at 5-500 mg ranged from 92.8 to 100%.

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1404-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
F A Muskiet ◽  
G Jansen ◽  
B G Wolthers ◽  
A Marinkovic-Ilsen ◽  
P C van Voorst Vader

Abstract We describe a rapid method for determining cholesterol sulfate in plasma and erythrocytes. After its single-step isolation by means of anion-exchange chromatography cholesterol sulfate is hydrolyzed, trimethylsilylated, and determined by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. 5 beta-Cholestan-3 alpha-ol sulfate is used as internal standard. The method enables simultaneous determination of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in plasma. We applied it for the diagnosis of seven patients with recessive X-linked ichthyosis. Concentrations are given for plasma and erythrocytes from four unaffected relatives of patients with X-linked ichthyosis, a patient with placental sulfatase deficiency, two patients with other types of ichthyoses, and 20 controls. The method may also be of use for the rapid isolation of other organic sulfates from biological material, as illustrated by a comparison of gas chromatograms of urine from a normal pregnant woman and that from a patient with placental sulfatase deficiency.


1971 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naresh C Jain

Abstract An extremely simple, rapid method is described for simultaneously determining methanol, ethanol, acetone, isopropanol, and low-boiling hydrocarbons associated with glue sniffing. Less than 1 µl of blood, mixed with an internal standard, is injected directly into a low-cost gas chromatograph equipped with a flame-ionization detector. No extraction, distillation, and (or) sample preparation is required, and the method is sensitive to less than 10 µg of alcohol per ml.


1982 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-571
Author(s):  
Peter Sporns

Abstract A rapid, accurate high performance liquid chromatographic method is described for determination of glutamic acid in food. Average recovery of added glutamic acid was 99.2% by this method. The method could be used to analyze samples such as soy sauce, which contain a large amount of other potentially interfering soluble compounds.


1973 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 684-688
Author(s):  
Nicholas Falcone

Abstract A gas-solid chromatographic technique, using flame ionization detection and a Porapak Q column, is presented for the identification and determination of ethanol and isopropanol or acetone in pharmaceutical products. The technique involves direct injection of an aqueous dilution of the product and is therefore simple and direct. The commercial products and 3 simulated mixtures, at various concentration levels, were analyzed by 9 collaborators. Recoveries and standard deviations for all 3 components were satisfactory. The method has been adopted as official first action.


1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-166
Author(s):  
Fred A Moseley ◽  
Joel S Salinsky ◽  
Robert W Woods

Abstract A rapid and simple method of analysis has been developed for sorbitol in cooked sausage products. Sorbitol is extracted from cooked sausage products with water, an aliquot of the extract is freeze-dried, and the trimethylsilyl (TMS) derivative of sorbitol is formed. An aliquot of the TMS-sorbitol is injected into a gas chromatograph and measured by a flame ionization detector. Analysis of fortified samples shows that the recovery compares well with known amounts of sorbitol added.


1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuko Nojiri ◽  
Kazuo Saito ◽  
Nobuo Taguchi ◽  
Mitsuo Oishi ◽  
Toshio Maki

Abstract Use of p-nitrobenzoyl chloride (PNBC) to form an ultraviolet-absorbing derivative was attempted to determine the sugar alcohols meso-erythritol, xyli-tol, D-sorbitol,and D-mannitol by liquid chromatography (LC). LC determination of derivatives was performed on an ODS column with acetonitrile–water (65 + 35) as mobile phase. Calibration curves were linear in the concentration range 0.01–100 μg/mL. Method sensitivity is 10 to 1000 times higher than that of LC with refractive index detection and gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. Recoveries of sugars added to various foods at 0.1 and 1% ranged from 91 to 102% for meso-erythritol, 75 to 115% for xylitol, 81 to 105% for D-sorbitol, and 81 to 108% for D-mannitol.


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