Evaluation of Fructooligosaccharides and Inulins as Potentially Health Benefiting Food Ingredients by HPAEC-PED and MALDI-TOF MS

Table 6

Limits of detection and quantitation.

Peaks	1	2	3	4	5	6
Limit of detection (𝑦D)^a 𝜇g/g	12.21	13.65	12.45	13.22	14.27	16.03
Limit of quantification (yQ)^b 𝜇g/g	43.32	48.62	49.89	40.67	50.77	51.21

^a Concentration corresponding to signal and yD=yb+2𝑡(95%, 𝑛−1)sb.
^b Concentration corresponding to signal and yQ=yb+10sb.