Research Article
Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Tea Infusions Samples by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorimetric Detection
Table 3
Mean polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content of black tea infusion samples (ng/L) by saponification followed by liquid-liquid extraction.
| | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Acenaphtene | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | | Fluorene | | | | | | | | | | | | Phenanthrene | | | | | | | | | | | | Anthracene | | | | | | | — | | — | — | | Fluoranthene | | | | | | | — | — | | — | | Pyrene | | | | | | | — | | — | — | | Benz[a]anthracene | — | | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | | Chrysene | | | | — | | | — | — | — | | | Benzo[b]fluoranthene | | | — | — | | — | | — | — | | | Benzo[k]fluoranthene | — | | | — | | — | — | — | — | — | | Benzo[a]pyrene | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Benzo[ghi]perylene | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sum of benzo[b]fluoranthene,
benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[ghi]perylene, and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | | | | — | | — | | — | — | — |
| | Sum of all polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | | | | | | | | | | |
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