Table 3.

Fucoxanthin content (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) after light exposure.

Conventional procedures				QuEChERS method
acetone	acetonitrile	methanol		MeCN raw extract	PSA cleanup	GCB additional cleanup
1.0 ± 0.07 b	1.0 ± 0.08 b	0.1 ± 0.01 a		4.0 ± 0.30 d	6.4 ± 0.57 e	2.3 ± 0.18 c

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