Research Article

A Simple Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances in Fried Fast Foods

Table 2

Recovery () and stability () studies of the spectrophotometric method.

Extraction typeExtraction codeAmount already present (µM/g)Amount added (µM/g)Theoretical total (µM/g)Recovered amount (µM/g)Recovery (%)Stability % RSD

Glacial acetic acid (100%)AA1.02 ± 0.180.41.421.62 ± 0.21114.34.23
Acetic acid (50%) in waterAW2.51 ± 0.190.42.912.79 ± 0.2896.016.37