Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 24(6), 759 (2008).
Determination of Linoleic Acid in Toothpaste by Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection
Grazyna WEJNEROWSKA, Alicja GACKOWSKA, and Jerzy GACA
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Seminaryjna 3 St., 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland
A new method for the determination of linoleic acid (LA) in toothpaste by a routine analysis has been proposed. Studies were based on the ISO 5509 procedure, which was modified for the purpose of LA determination in the toothpaste. Gas chromatography (GC) was employed for the qualitative and quantitative determination of linoleic acid methyl ester. The content of LA (5.31%) in sunflower oil added to the toothpaste composition (0.5%) was determined, and then the optimization studies for the determination of LA in the toothpaste samples were carried out. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of the procedure developed was 9.96% (n = 9). The quantitative analysis showed that the content of LA in the toothpaste samples studied was 0.0258 ± 0.0011%. The detection limit of LA in toothpaste was approximately 0.001%.
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