A New Method to Simultaneously Quantify the Antioxidants: Carotenes, Xanthophylls, and Vitamin A in Human Plasma

Table 2

Accuracy and recovery of the compounds studied.

Analyte	Accuracy (%)	Recoveries (%)
Retinol	105 ± 9	96 ± 3
Astaxanthin	99 ± 7	113 ± 6
Lutein	99 ± 13	112 ± 9
Zeaxanthin	101 ± 11	107 ± 5
E--apo-8′-carotenal	98 ± 10	94 ± 3
Cryptoxanthin	103 ± 12	96 ± 3
15-Z--carotene	90 ± 13	101 ± 2
13-Z--carotene	105 ± 12	92 ± 5
-carotene	98 ± 12	89 ± 4
-carotene	97 ± 13	96 ± 2
9-Z--carotene	112 ± 7	93 ± 3
E-lycopene	100 ± 12	91 ± 3