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Table 6 Results of accuracy determination

From: Screening of caffeine, preservatives and antioxidants in dairy products available in Bangladesh using an RP-HPLC method

Standards

Amount used (mg/L) eq. to (80 %–120 %) respectively

Amount recovered (mg/L)

% Recovery (Mean ± %RSD)a

CF

60

59.66

99.44 ± 0.025

67.5

67.36

99.79 ± 0.04

75

74.62

99.48 ± 0.045

82.5

82.23

99.56 ± 0.047

90

89.69

99.64 ± 0.02

BA

200

198.59

99.30 ± 0.04

225

223.65

99.41 ± 0.03

250

247.62

99.05 ± 0.02

275

273.22

99.33 ± 0.02

300

297.61

99.20 ± 0.02

PP

20

19.23

96.03 ± 0.4

22.5

22.03

97.92 ± 0.25

25

24.23

96.77 ± 0.14

27.5

27.08

98.4 ± 0.22

30

29.25

97.33 ± 0.21

BP

20

19.27

96.18 ± 0.16

22.5

21.99

97.78 ± 0.12

25

24.28

96.96 ± 0.19

27.5

27.03

98.28 ± 0.2

30

29.26

97.31 ± 0.22

BHA

160

158.31

98.9 ± 0.045

180

178.33

99.06 ± 0.036

200

197.58

98.77 ± 0.087

220

218.42

99.25 ± 0.06

240

238.42

99.34 ± 0.015

BHT

160

158.72

99.16 ± 0.04

180

178.22

99.0 ± 0.04

200

198.75

99.34 ± 0.09

220

218.22

99.17 ± 0.025

240

238.10

99.2 ± 0.02

  1. CF caffeine, BA benzoic acid, PP propylparaben, BP butylparaben, BHA butylated hydroxyanisole, BHT butylated hydroxytoluene
  2. aAll determinants are in triplicate