Table 4.

Performance criteria for Orbitrap-MS.

Seaweed	LOD (ng/μl)	LOQ (ng/μl)	R2	Linear range (ng/μl)	Recovery (%)
Lutein	0.0170	0.0567	0.9966	0.0–1.0	99
Zeaxanthin	0.0017	0.0057	0.9731	0.0–1.0	99
Fucoxanthin	0.0014	0.0047	0.9995	0.0–2.0	104
β-Cryptoxanthin	0.0067	0.0150	0.9993	0.0–0.5	74
Canthaxanthin	0.0011	0.0044	0.9870	0.0–1.0	93
Astaxanthin	0.0023	0.0058	0.9975	0.0–1.0	88
∗β-Carotene	0.0418	0.1393	0.9981	0.0–1.0	85

∗Performance based on UHPLC.