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HPLC Determination of Folate in Liver and Liver Products
Author(s) -
VAHTERISTO LIISA,
OLLILAINEN VELIMATTI,
VARO PERTTI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.tb13148.x
Subject(s) - chicken liver , pig liver , chemistry , high performance liquid chromatography , folic acid , food science , biochemistry , chromatography , medicine , enzyme
Our objective was to produce reliable data on the contents of folate vitamers in pig, beef and chicken liver, beef kidney and some liver products. Folate contents were determined in monoglutamate form, using reversed‐phase HPLC. Pig and beef livers contained 730‐1470 mg folates in 100g, tetrahydrofolate being the most abundant form detected. Frozen chicken liver also contained about 1000 μg folates in 100g. Processed foods containing liver, except canned baby foods, were also good folate sources. In processed foods, 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate was the predominant folate form. The detected folate contents were high, compared with published data.