Research Article

A High Throughput Method for Measuring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seafood Using QuEChERS Extraction and SBSE

Table 3

Retention time, linear regression, and recovery in oysters.

RT1 (min)Mean Percent recovery (mean ± SEM2)
2.5 ng/g50 ng/g250 ng/g

Naphthalene5.50.9916125.6 ± 0.0871.6 ± 0.0382.4 ± 0.02
Fluorene9.250.991292.8 ± 0.0275.3 ± 0.384.5 ± 0.03
Phenanthrene10.930.9957118 ± 0.0769.8 ± 0.0281.5 ± 0.02
Anthracene11.020.996095.6 ± 0.0366.8 ± 0.0179.9 ± 0.02
Fluoranthene13.020.9937138.4 ± 0.0288.7 ± 0.03100.9 ± 0.03
Pyrene13.420.9937131.1 ± 0.0386.1 ± 0.0397.6 ± 0.03
Benzanthracene15.520.993090.7 ± 0.0269.4 ± 0.0184.3 ± 0.02
Chrysene15.580.9934103.7 ± 0.0366.3 ± 0.0180.7 ± 0.02
Benzopyrene17.860.994070.8 ± 0.0965.5 ± 0.0181.1 ± 0.03

RT is the retention time.
2SEM is the standard error of the mean.