Analysis of Benzo(a)pyrene in Red Ginseng Beverage

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons(PAHs) contamination arises from several source including processing of food(smoking, direct drying, cooking) and environmental contamination of air, water or soil. A red ginseng is produced by steaming the root followed by drying. The methodology involved extraction with n-hexane and washing with water, clean-up on Sep-Pak Florisil Cartridges and determination by HPLC/FLD. The mobile phase was a mixture of acetonitrile and water in 8:2 by the isocratic elution and the excitation wavelength of fluorescence detector was 294 nm and its emission wavelength was 404 nm. The average recovery was about 105% and the relative standard deviation was 0.5. The levels of benzopyrene in the selected red ginseng beverage samples were not detected.

홍삼음료 증 벤조피렌 분석

다환방향족탄화수소는 환경오염이나 식품의 제조공정 과정 중에 생성될 수 있으며, 홍삼은 수증기로 찌고 건조하여 만들어진다. 시료를 핵산으로 추출한 후 물로 세척하고 후로리실 SPE 카트리지로 정제한 후 고속액체크로마토그래피/형광검출기로 분석하였다. 이동상으로는 아세토니트릴과 물의 혼합용액(8:2)을 사용하였으며 형광검출기의 여기파장은 294 nm이었고 형광파장은 404 nm이었다. 평균 회수율은 105%이었으며, 상대표준편차는 0.5이었다. 대상 식품인 홍삼음료 중 벤조피렌은 검출되지 않았다.