
pmid: 29852890
Abstract Background: Biotin and folate are B-group vitamins that play a critical role in numerous metabolic reactions, and they are supplemented to infant and adult nutritional formulas as free biotin and folic acid. Objective: We describe a rapid method for the analysis of biotin and folic acid that is applicable to liquid milk, milk powders, infant formula, and milk-based nutritional products. Methods: Samples are autoclaved, centrifuged, filtered, and analyzed by HPLC–MS/MS, with quantitation accomplished by the internal standard technique. Results: The method was shown to be accurate, with acceptable spike recovery (biotin: 96.5–108.2%; folic acid: 92.6–104.4%), and no bias (α = 0.05) against either a certified reference material (biotin: P = 0.70; folic acid: P = 0.23) or established analytical method (biotin: P = 0.10; folic acid: P = 0.48) was found. Acceptable precision was confirmed with repeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) and Horwitz ratio (HorRat) values (biotin: RSDr = 0.5–5.6%, HorRatr = 0.1–0.6; folic acid: RSDr = 2.0–3.1%, HorRatr = 0.3–0.5). Method detection limit and ruggedness experiments further demonstrated the suitability of this method for routine compliance testing. Conclusions: This rapid method is intended for use in high-throughput laboratories as part of the routine product compliance release testing of biotin and folic acid in the manufacturing of infant formulas and adult nutritional products.
Time Factors, Biotin, Infant, Infant Formula, Folic Acid, Milk, Limit of Detection, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Animals, Humans, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Food Analysis
Time Factors, Biotin, Infant, Infant Formula, Folic Acid, Milk, Limit of Detection, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Animals, Humans, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Food Analysis
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