1. Electrophoretic determination of taurine.
- Author
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Kvasnička F and Rajchl A
- Subjects
- Animal Feed analysis, Food Analysis methods, Limit of Detection, Linear Models, Reproducibility of Results, Electrophoresis, Capillary methods, Isotachophoresis methods, Taurine analysis
- Abstract
An electrophoretic method (on-line coupled capillary isotachophoresis and capillary zone electrophoresis) with conductometric detection for the determination of free taurine in selected food and feed is described. Taurine is converted to isethionic acid by van Slyke method. Under optimized conditions (leading electrolyte: 5 mM HCl, 10 mM glycylglycine, and 0.05% 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose solution, pH 3.2; terminating electrolyte: 10 mM citric acid; background electrolyte: 50 mM acetic acid, 20 mM glycylglycine, and 0.1% 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose solution, pH 3.7), isethionic acid is separated from other sample components in anionic mode and detected using a conductimeter within 15 minutes. The performance method characteristics, such as linearity (25 - 1250 ng/mL), accuracy (99 ± 9%), repeatability (3.9%), reproducibility (4.3%), limits of detection (3 ng/mL) and quantification (10 ng/mL) were evaluated. By analysing 20 food and pet food samples the method was proved suitable for routine analysis. High sensitivity and selectivity, short analysis time and low costs are significant features of the presented method., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2021
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