Research Article

Determination of the Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Toasted Bread Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

Validation of the analysis of the 16 PAHs applying the recommended method.

PAHsRepeatabilityReproducibility
( )( )
(100,1000  g/kg)(500, 50  g/kg)
Recovery (%)RSD (%)Recovery (%)RSD (%)

Naphthalene (NA)89.5810.2289.8410.02
Acenaphthylene (ACL)84.657.1988.059.94
Acenaphthene (AC)97.151.3692.6410.97
Fluorine (FL)90.998.8388.287.29
Phenanthrene (PHE)72.4614.1083.4513.01
Anthracene (AN)83.257.4781.963.68
Fluoranthene (FA)95.624.3293.097.53
Pyrene (PY)85.5015.0191.018.30
Benz [ ] anthracene (BaA)90.461.2385.7510.78
Chrycene (CHR)99.0611.9689.412.97
Benzo[b] fluoranthene (BbFA)91.530.3187.041.91
Benzo[k] fluoranthene (BkFA)88.634.9583.623.19
Benzo[ ]Pyrene (BaP)80.528.9682.394.99
Indeno[1,2,3-cd] Pyrene (IP)89.319.8286.388.99
Dibenzo[ah]anthracene (DBahA)95.760.4891.977.19
Benzo[ghi]perylene (BghiP)91.400.2895.018.92

: number of measurement.