A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Determination of vitamin K composition of fermented food




AuthorsMarko Tarvainen, Mikael Fabritius, Baoru Yang

PublisherElsevier BV

Publication year2019

JournalFood Chemistry

Volume275

First page 515

Last page522

Number of pages8

ISSN0308-8146

eISSN1873-7072

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.09.136

Web address https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814618317072


Abstract

A rapid ultra-high performance liquid chromatography–atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometric (UHPLC-APCI-MS/MS) method was developed for the analysis of vitamin K compounds: phylloquinone (PK) and menaquinones (MK-n). Non-chlorinated mobile phase composition was optimized for separation of eight vitamin K compounds on a reversed phase column in 10 min. Sample treatment with liquid and solid phase extractions and by the use of MK-4 as an internal standard enabled the quantitation of microgram level of vitamin K compounds in food. The method was used to screen and quantitate vitamin K from 17 fermented food products. The highest amount of PK was detected in kimchi (42 μg/100 g), whereas the highest MK-7 content was detected in natto (902 μg/100 g). Some MK-9 was present in kefir (5 μg/100 g). Two Chinese fermented soybean pastes contained significant amount of MK-6 (5–36 μg/100 g), MK-7 (12–86 μg/100 g), and MK-8 (22–44 μg/100 g).



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