Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7626609 | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Cobalt content (as vitamin B12 and inorganic cobalt) in two nutritional supplements, namely Spirulina platensis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae known as a “superfood”, has been determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Several sample pre-treatment protocols have been applied and compared. Microwave-assisted acid digestion efficiently decomposed all cobalt-containing compounds, thus allowed obtaining total cobalt content in supplements examined. Vitamin B12 was extracted from the samples with acetate buffer and potassium cyanide solution exposed to mild microwave radiation for 30â¯min, and cyanocobalamin was separated from the extract by on-column solid phase extraction using C-18 modified silica bed. About 100% of cobalt species was extracted using the triple microwave-assisted extraction procedure. Total cobalt content was 20-fold greater in Spirulina tablets than the declared cobalamin content (as Co). The ICP-OES method precision was about 3% and detection limit was 1.9 and 2.7â¯ng Coâ¯mLâ1 for inorganic cobalt or cyanocobalamin, respectively.
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Authors
Magdalena Bartosiak, Krzysztof Jankowski, Jacek Giersz,