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. 2021 May 12;21(10):3360. doi: 10.3390/s21103360

Table 1.

Summary of analytical methods for the determination of FA in various samples.

Analyte Technique LR * LOD Sensitivity RSD% Ref
FA in pharmaceutical preparations Spectrophotometric determination by coupling reaction 0.1–8.0 µg mL−1 0.0469 µg mL−1 0.0066 µg cm−2 0.2805 [36]
FA in vegetables HPLC-UV-Vis 0.3–100 ng mL−1 0.1 ng mL−1 / 0.3 [39]
FA in beer LC-MS/MS / 0.3 µg L−1 1.2 µg L−1 / [40]
FA in egg yolks Modified EMR-lipid method combined with HPLC-MS/MS 0.1–100 ng mL−1 18.3 ng mL−1 / 3.9 (HC) [41]
8.1 (MC)
10 (LC)
FA in commercial preparations Chemiluminometric procedure 6.0–114 µg mL−1 2.0 µg mL−1 / 1 [44]
Fluorimetric procedure 0.02–1.1 µg mL−1 0.002 µg mL−1 0.7
FA in human urine Capillary electrophoresis 0.5–6.0 mg L−1 0.30 mg L−1 / 0.4–0.7(MT) [45]
2.0–3.9 (PA)
1.2–1.7 (PH)
FA in pharmaceutical tablets Capillary electrophoresis with chemiluminescence determination 5.0 × 10−8–10−5 M 2.0 × 10−8 M / 1.1 (MT) [46]
1.5 (PA)
4.9 (PH)
FA in pharmaceutical preparations Flow-injection/chemiluminescence determination 2.5 × 10−5–3 × 10−7 M 2.3 × 10−8 M / 3.5 [48]

* LR (linear range), LOD (limit of detection), RSD (relative standard deviation), HC (high-concentration), MC (medium-concentration), LC (low-concentration), MT (migration time), PA (peak area) and PH (peak height).