Determination of 1-Oleic-2-Palmitic-3-Linoleic Acid Triglyceride in Infant Formula

A gas chromatographic (GC) method for the determination of 1-oleic-2-palmitic-3-linoleic-triglyceride (OPL) in milk powder was established. The samples were extracted with ether and petroleum ether, and the extract was concentrated to near dryness, re-dissolved in n-heptane, separated on a CP-TAP CB elastic quartz capillary column, detected by a hydrogen flame ionization detector, and quantified by an external standard method. The column temperature was programmed to rise. The inlet temperature was set at 330 ℃. The samples (1.0 μL) were injected using the split mode (1:10). The detector temperature was set at 360 ℃. Nitrogen was used as the carrier gas. The makeup flow rate (nitrogen) was 25 mL/min. The recovery of OPL from spiked milk powder at 1–6 g/100 g ranged from 95.2% to 101.9%, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) for precision ranged from 1.289% to 1.998%. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of the proposed method were 0.2 and 1.0 g/100 g, respectively. This method, therefore, is simple, accurate, repeatable, and suitable for the determination of OPL in milk powder.