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"Microwave-assisted Saponification Of Animal Greases For Cholesterol Determination"
Anal. Chim. Acta 1998 Volume 371, Issue 2-3 Pages 297-303

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Gerardo Piñeiro-Avila, Amparo Salvador and Miguel de la Guardia

Abstract: An alternative method for the hydrolysis of cholesterol esters in animal grease samples has been developed. The method consists of the microwave-assisted treatment of 4 g of animal fat or oil with 40 mL of an ethanolic KOH solution inside a 115 mL closed reactor in which samples were irradiated for 2.5 min at 50% power level of an exit power of 700 W. After extraction with petroleum ether and dissolution of the unsaponifiables in toluene, total cholesterol was determined spectrophotometrically by using p-anisidine as a test reagent of the enzymatic reaction of cholesterol through a bienzymic reactor in which cholesterol oxidase and horseradish peroxidase were noncovalently immobilized in controlled pore,glass beads. The method provided a quantitative recovery of spiked free cholesterol (100% recovery for an added concentration level of 36 mg g-1) and cholesteryl palmitate (98.7% recovery for an added concentration of 37 mg g-1) and results comparable to those obtained after saponification with ethanolic KOH at 90°C under reflux conditions for 1 h, saving a considerable time with a comparable figures of merit which involve a limit of detection of 1 x 10^-6 M total cholesterol an average interday relative standard deviation of 3.5% for three independent analysis of a series of different samples.
Cholesterol Fat Immobilized enzyme Controlled pore glass Method comparison

"Flow Injection Determination Of Free And Total Cholesterol In Animal Greases Using Enzymes In Non-aqueous Media"
Analyst 1998 Volume 123, Issue 5 Pages 999-1003

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Gerardo Piñeiro-Avila, Amparo Salvador and Miguel de la Guardia

Abstract: A non-covalently co-immobilized bienzymic reactor of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and cholesterol oxidase (COD), operating in a continuous organic flowing stream of 1 x 10^-3 M p-anisidine in buffer-saturated (pH 7.0) toluene, has been employed for cholesterol determination in animal greases, such as pig, beef, and chicken fat, and codfish liver oil. The method provides a good linear relationship up to 1.8 x 10^-3 M cholesterol and average recoveries of 99.5%, a high sensitivity, with a detection limit of 1 x 10^-6 M of cholesterol and a good precision (an interday RSD of 1.8% for the determination of total cholesterol in a codfish oil sample). The method permits the direct spectrophotometric determination of free cholesterol present in animal grease samples without any pre-treatment, and the total cholesterol determination after a microwave-assisted sapon. The bienzymic reactor exhibits a good stability in the water-restricted environment, being possible to perform more than 180 analyzes during a period of 10 d with 1 mg of HRP, and 1 mg of COD, equivalent to 220 purpurogallin units and 23 U, respectively.
Cholesterol, free Cholesterol, total Fat Fat Fat Liver Organic solvent