Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Nutritional Supplements by Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction (FPSE) with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Fluorescence Detection

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent a class of organic compounds. Fish oil has been identified as one of the most important contributors to the level of persistent organic pollutants in foods. In fact, fish oils could contain elevated levels of lipophilic pollutants, such as PAHs due to the low metabolization capability of fish. The determination of PAHs in fish oils is complicated due to the fat matrix, which adversely affects...