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

Table 4

Analysis on SRM mussel tissue.

Analyte	Acceptable range (ng/g)	Certificate of analysis (ng/g)	QuEChERS-SBSE (ng/g)	%RSD
Naphthalene	1.6–3.3	2.4	1.0	18.5
Fluorene	0.3–0.7	0.49	0.35^1	14.7
Phenanthrene	1.7–3.5	2.6	1.9	11.1
Anthracene	0.3–0.8	0.53	2.4^2	15.2
Fluoranthene	11.5–23.1	17	19.2	7.0
Pyrene	12.2–24.2	18	19.0	7.2
Benzanthracene	2.9–6.9	4.7	3.7	7.2
Chrysene + Triphenylene	7.4–13.8	10.6	8.8	6.8
Benzopyrene	2.0–3.6	2.8	1.7	10.4
Total		59.12	58.05

= 3 (only detected using 60 m column).
²Possible coelution.