Adaptation of Sonication-Assisted Matrix Solid Phase Dispersion of Tissues for the Subsequent Extraction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)
Table 2
Assessment of phenanthrene d10 recovery using a modified MSPD protocol.
Treatment
Whole fish (mean dry wt. in g)
Mean fork length (cm)
% Recovery (Mean ± Std Dev.)
Corrected mean total PAHsa (ng/g)
Sample ()
Spiked before freeze-drying
40.16
18.25
87% (±8%)
8415
7
Spiked after freeze-drying
36.94
15.83
89% (±3%)
6485
29
Mean/total of whole study
37.56
16.30
88% (±5%)
6860
36
controls
N/A
N/A
87% (±1%)
3501
6
Corrected for surrogate recovery of phenanthrene d10.
