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FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY SCIENCE
Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 69-76Publisher
FOOD HYGIENE & SAFETY
DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.56.69
Keywords
methylmercury; phenyl derivatization; GC-MS; fresh fish
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- Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan
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Here, we set out to improve our previously developed methylmercury analytical method, involving phenyl derivatization and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In the improved method, phenylation of methylmercury with sodium tetraphenylborate was carried out in a toluene/water two-phase system, instead of in water alone. The modification enabled derivatization at optimum pH, and the formation of by-products was dramatically reduced. In addition, adsorption of methyl phenyl mercury in the GC system was suppressed by co-injection of PEG200, enabling continuous analysis without loss of sensitivity. The performance of the improved analytical method was independently evaluated by three analysts using certified reference materials and methylmercury-spiked fresh fish samples. The present analytical method was validated as suitable for determination of compliance with the provisional regulation value for methylmercury in fish, set in the Food Sanitation haw.
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