Table 2.

Fucoxanthin contents (µg/mL) in the conventional extracts (acetone, acetonitrile, methanol) and in the extracts obtained with the QuEChERS method (acetonitrile raw extract, PSA cleanup, GCB additional cleanup).

Conventional procedures				QuEChERS method
acetone	acetonitrile	methanol		MeCN raw extract	PSA cleanup	GCB additional cleanup
12.3 ± 1.10 e	9.8 ± 0.99 c	1.0 ± 0.12 a		10.5 ± 0.98 c,d	10.6 ± 1.01 d	3.3 ± 0.29 b

Means ± SD. Numbers followed by the same lowercase letter did not differ statistically (Tukey test, p > 0.05).