Abstract
A suitable method for the determination of 16 biogenic amines in wine has been developed. The method involves clean-up of wine samples using ion-exchange cartridges and a preconcentration step, under controlled vacuum, before derivatization of the amines by treatment with phthalaldehyde (PA) and reversedphase HPLC with gradient elution and fluorimetric detection. Linearity of response was obtained for all the biogenic amines from 100 μg L−1 to mg L−1. Limits of detection for the amines were similar for all PA-derivatives (25–50 μg L−1) and the quantitation limits were about 0.1 mg L−1. After clean-up and preconcentration, the concentration levels increased 10-fold for all amines except putrescine and cadaverine, which gave poor recovery by this method unlike the rest which gave recoveries of almost 90%. The overall process was successfully applied to identify and quantify biogenic amines in several red wines from the Tarragona region.
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