Authors: K Bentayeb C Rubio R Batlle C Nerín
Publish Date: 2007/10/16
Volume: 389, Issue: 6, Pages: 1989-1996
Abstract
A new antioxidant film is being developed that incorporates a natural extract of rosemary and is intended for contact with food The rosemary extract has been screened and carnosic acid and carnosol have been determined as the major antioxidant components 696 and 088 respectively that are responsible for the antioxidant properties of the whole extract Thus a fast method for the direct determination of carnosic acid in the packaging material in order to evaluate the antioxidant capacity of the new active plastic has been developed and optimized The method consists of extraction from the plastic with methanol followed by anion exchange solidphase extraction and final analysis by UPLC–MS Using this process the recovery of carnosic acid is about 99 The complete analytical performance of the method developed here is also assessed The analytical features of the method such as the relative standard deviation reproducibility repeatability linear range and detection and quantification limits are shown This method can be subsequently modified to monitor other active components in different packages and it constitutes a crucial step forward in research into new and improved commercial antioxidant packages
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