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Determination of vitamin E and carotenoid pigments by high performance liquid chromatography in shell of Chionoecetes opilio.

Vilasoa-Martínez M, Calaza-Ramos C, López-Hernández J, Lage-Yusty MA, Losada PP, Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós A

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

This study reports the optimization of a method for the determination of vitamin E and carotenoids in shells of Chionoecetes opilio samples by online HPLC coupled with UV-vis and fluorescence detectors. The carotenoids were determined with diode-array detector (lambda 450 nm) and vitamin E with fluorescence detection (lambda(ex) 288, lambda(em) 331 nm). Two extractions methods were compared, saponification followed by an extraction step and a simple extraction with acetone. The last one was selected because allows to determine all compounds. Linearity, precisions and recoveries achieved for all compounds were satisfactory. Mean concentrations (mg per 100 g dry weight) were; 23.3 for vitamin E, 9.49 for astaxanthin and 0.2 mg for beta-carotene.

Published 19 May 2008 in Anal Chim Acta, 617(1): 225-9.
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