[en] Furfurals, including furfural (F), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), 2-acetylfuran (FMC), and 5-methyl-2-furfural (MF), are important Maillard reaction intermediate products in dairy products. Due to the complex matrix of cheese samples and different polarity of four furfurals, it remains a major challenge to simultaneously determine these four furfurals in cheeses. A new method for simultaneous determination of four furfurals in cheeses by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was established in the present study. The limits of detection (LODs) were in the range of 0.01–0.02 mg/kg, and the correlation coefficient (R2) for each analyte was above 0.9986 with the calibration range established from 5 to 1000 ng/mL. The recoveries were ranged from 72.62% to 123.29% and relative standard deviations (RSDs) lower than 9.82%. Finally, the developed method was successfully employed for analyzing four furfurals in 30 cheese samples, and trace levels of the furfurals were found in cheeses.
Disciplines :
Food science
Author, co-author :
Li, Mingyu ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre ; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Yan, Aiping; Centre Analysis and Testing, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Huang, Yousheng; Institute of Development and Research, Jiangxi General Institute of Testing and Certification, Nanchang, China
Lu, Jingnan; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Zhang, Jian; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Du, Yanli; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Xie, Jianhua; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Shen, Mingyue; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Xie, Mingyong; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Language :
English
Title :
Simultaneous quantification of four furfurals in cheeses by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
NSCF - National Natural Science Foundation of China
Funding text :
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 32272440 and 32060580 ), and Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation ( 20224ACB215007 ).
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