Determinação de ácidos graxos majoritários em manteiga de garrafa por eletroforese capilar

Abstract

The “manteiga de garrafa” is a Brazilian butter and a handmade product, produced from the beat followed by the fusion of milk cream, typical of the Brazilian Northeast and the north / northeast of Minas Gerais. An alternative method of analysis by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) for the analysis of fatty acids (FA) present in the “manteiga de garrafa” has been proposed. The background electrolyte optimized consisted of 15 mmol L-1 of NaH2PO4 / Na2HPO4 (pH ~ 6.86); 4.0 mmol L-1 of SDBS; 8.3 mmol L-1 of Brij 35®, 45% v/v of ACN, 2.1% of 1-octanol and the analysis conditions were hydrodynamic injection (12.5 mbar for 4 s), voltage + 19 kV, temperature 25 ºC, indirect UV detection at 224 nm, capillary TSH with 75 μm i.d., 40 cm of effective length and 48.5 cm of total length. With this arrangement it was possible to identify and quantify the following FA: stearic acid (C18:0), oleic acid (C18:1 cis 9), palmitic acid (C16:0), linoleic acid (C18:2 cis 9, 12), linolenic acid (C18:3 cis 9, 12, 15) and miristic acid (C14:0). The internal standard used was tridecanoic acid (C13:0). The results for the quantification obtained by CZE were compared with the official method by Gas Chromatography (GC), and no significant difference in a confidence interval of 95%. The figures of merit of this work were represented by the sensitivity of the method by CZE, the were calculated the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) for each FA. The results showed that the majority of samples brazilian butter were adulterated, possibly with vegetable oils, due to the high content of linoleic acid, that is an FA existing in milk fat with concentration between 1 and 3 %.