AOAC SPDS Meeting Book March 19 2015

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Background

Phenolics:

• Widely distributed • Dietary Antioxidants • Core to bioactivity of many supplements

Challenges of Phenolic Analysis

• Multiple Analytes – > 8000 known compounds • Lack of Standards – Many compounds are not  available as commercial standards.   d d i d f i i • Stan ar s are expens ve an o uncerta n pur ty • Many are unstable, particularly for quantitative  analysis

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