Estudo de métodos analíticos alternativos na determinação de Mg em óleos vegetais por espectrometria de absorção atômica

Abstract

The mineral content of vegetable oils is an important information to evaluate the quality of these products, since the presence of metals in oily matrices can catalyze oxidation reactions of fatty acids and accelerate the degradation processes. In this study, analytical methods for the determination of magnesium by flame atomic absorption spectrometry in vegetable oil samples were developed based on emulsions and microemulsions procedures for sample preparation. The solutions were prepared with 0.1000 g of sunflower, canola, jatropha and crambe oils samples in ethanol + Triton X-100 and n-butanol + Triton X-100 for emulsion and microemulsions, respectively. To compensate interferences from matrix effects, calibration method based on internal standardization using Cd, Co and Cu were evaluate as possible internal standards (PI). Best results were obtained using Co or Cu as internal standard, with linearity (R> 0.9972) and relative standard deviations less than 3.6%. Limits of quantification of 0,30 µg g-1 and 0.49 µg g-1 Mg were obtained by calibration curves with aqueous solution with internal standardization using Co and Cu, respectively. The accuracy of the method was checked by recovery test using the sunflower oil sample prepared by proposed procedures (emulsion and microemulsion), and the values varied from 98.4 to 106.6% with Co as IS and from 93.9 to 106.9% with Cu as IS. Statistical tests were used to compare the content of Mg and showed that the results obtained in the emulsions and microemulsions procedures using internal standardization calibration with Co and Cu as IS were in agreement at 95% confidence. The sample preparation proposed based on microemulsions and emulsions of vegetable oils using internal standardization calibration method is a simple and efficient strategy to evaluate the quality of vegetable oils concerning the determination of Mg by F AAS.