PMID- 22063995 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20121002 LR - 20111108 IS - 0309-1740 (Print) IS - 0309-1740 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Jan TI - Optimisation of microwave assisted extraction (MAE) for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) determination in smoked meat. PG - 275-80 LID - 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.08.002 [doi] AB - A rapid extraction method involving microwave assisted extraction (MAE), followed by sample clean-up on a silica cartridge, reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and spectrofluorimetric detection, was optimised for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) determination in smoked meat. Compared to solvent extraction assisted by sonication, MAE, carried out with n-hexane on 2g of lyophilised sample at 115 degrees C for 15min, allowed to obtain better extraction efficiencies. Limits of quantification (LOQ, s/n=10) lower than 0.2mug/kg wet weight were found for all PAHs, except for Fl (0.3mug/kg), P (0.6mug/kg) and IP (0.4mug/kg). The optimised procedure, that presented good analytical performances (with recoveries ranging from 77% to 103%, and precision within 10% for most of the PAHs), was applied to determine PAH content in different smoked meat products from the Italian market. FAU - Purcaro, G AU - Purcaro G AD - Department of Food Science, University of Udine, Via Sondrio 2, 33100 Udine, Italy. FAU - Moret, S AU - Moret S FAU - Conte, L S AU - Conte LS LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20080808 PL - England TA - Meat Sci JT - Meat science JID - 101160862 EDAT- 2009/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2009/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 2011/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2007/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/07/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/08/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/01/01 00:01 [medline] AID - S0309-1740(08)00256-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.08.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Meat Sci. 2009 Jan;81(1):275-80. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.08.002. Epub 2008 Aug 8.