Research Article

A New HPLC-ELSD Method for Simultaneous Determination of N-Acetylglucosamine and N-Acetylgalactosamine in Dairy Foods

Table 5

Recovery and endogenous concentration data of GlcNAc and GalNAc from four different dairy foods ( independent replicates).

MatrixGlcNAcGalNAc
ECFCRecovery (%)RSDECFCRecovery (%)RSD

Raw milk152.3 ± 3.430.0102.061.94189.3 ± 12.112.5100.502.46
60.0101.411.1825.099.921.37
120.095.120.5950.0103.302.08

UHT milk150.2 ± 5.430.0102.393.21115.0 ± 1.112.5103.341.81
60.097.020.4225.0105.880.84
120.0101.062.9950.0102.700.57

Yoghurt151.2 ± 11.130.0101.200.66157.0 ± 5.512.599.390.91
60.0100.200.7925.0100.580.92
120.0100.811.0350.099.790.62

Infant formula720.0 ± 1.630.0105.450.681118.4 ± 12.312.5100.561.38
60.0103.952.9025.0102.170.81
120.0103.261.2550.099.511.10

EC = endogenous concentration (mg/L, mg/kg).
FC = fortified concentration (mg/mL).
RSD = relative standard deviation.