Publication details
Determination of chlordane in foods by gas chromatography
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Food Chemistry |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
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| Web | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6R-4F3NXWW-R&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2005&_alid=1397071874&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5037&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1116&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10 |
| Field | Analytic chemistry |
| Keywords | chlordane; food; gas chromatography; analysis; dietary exposure |
| Description | Chlordane comes under the group of persistent organic pollutants, which, according to the Stockholm Convention, should be completely prohibited or widely limited. HChlordane was monitored in food samples of the so called food basket of the Czech population. After culinary treatment the food samples underwent extraction, were purified (GPC, Florisil) and analysed (GC ECD). The method for determination of chlordanes in food was developed in our laboratory and was validated. Internal standards were used to determine the recovery of the analytical procedure. In the majority of analysed samples the content of chlordane was below the limit of quantification. The highest amount of chlordanes was found in freshwater fish, butter and vegetable fat. The results of monitoring are used for estimation of the dietary exposure of the population of the Czech Republic to these substances. |