SPDS Lutein and Turmeric ERPs

G UIDELINES FOR D IETARY S UPPLEMENTS AND B OTANICALS

AOAC O FFICIAL M ETHODS OF A NALYSIS (2013)

Appendix K, p. 14

• Separation • Measurement

ANNEX A Abbreviations and Symbols Used

• Alternatives • Interferences 4.4 Reagents (Reagents usually present in a laboratory need not be listed.) • Reference standards, identity, source, purity • Calibration standard solutions, preparation, storage, stability • Solvents (special requirements) (Equipment usually present in a laboratory need not be listed; provide source, Web address, and catalog numbers of special items.) • Chromatographic equipment (operating conditions; system suitability conditions; expected retention times, separation times, peak or area relations) • Temperature-controlled equipment • Separation equipment (centrifuges, filters) • Measurement instruments 4.6 Calibration • Range, number and distribution of standards, replication, stability 4.7. Procedure • List all steps of method, including any preparation of the test sample. 4.10.1 Identification Data • Analytes measured and properties utilized (matrices tested; reference standard, source, identity, purity) 4.10.2 Performance Data • Recovery of control material • Repeatability (by replication of entire procedure on same test sample) • Limit of determination ]concentration where RSD r = 20% or (blank + 10 * s blank )] • Expanded measurement uncertainty 2*s r 4.10.3 Low-Level Data Report instrument reading converted to a concentration through the calibration curve: positive, negative, or zero. Do not equate to 0, do not truncate data, or report “less than.” Interpretation: Concentrations less than 5  g/kg may be reported as “zero” or “less than 5  g/kg” with a 95% probability (5% chance • Buffers • Others 4.5 Apparatus • Critical points • Stopping points 4.8 Calculations • Formulae, symbols, significant figures 4.9 Controls 4.10 Results of Validation

CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service (Registry Number)

CRM Certified Reference Material FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA GLC

Gas-liquid chromatography HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography i

(as a subscript) Intermediate in precision terms International Organization for Standardization

ISO MU MS MS n

Measurement Uncertainty Mass Spectrometry

Multiple mass spectrometry NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance r, R

Repeatability, reproducibility limits: The value less than or equal to the absolute difference between two test results obtained under repeatability (reproducibility) conditions is expected to be with a probability of 95% = 2*  2*s r (s R ) Repeatability relative standard deviation = s r  100 R Reproducibility relative standard deviation = s R  100 Repeatability standard deviation (within-laboratories) Reproducibility standard deviation (among-laboratories)

RSD r RSD

s s 

r

R

Mean, average

ANNEX B Example of a Ruggedness Trial

Choose seven factors that may affect the outcome of the extraction and assign reasonable high and low values to them as follows: Factor High value Low value Weight of test portion A = 1.00 g a = 0.50 g Extraction temperature B = 30° b = 20° Volume of solvent C = 100 mL c = 50 mL Solvent D = Alcohol d = Ethyl acetate Extraction time E = 60 min e = 30 min Stirring F = Magnetically f = Swirl 10 min intervals Irradiation G = Light g = Dark Conduct eight runs (a single analysis that reflects a specified set of factor levels) utilizing the specific combinations of high and low values for the factors as follows, and record the result obtained for each combination. (It is essential that the factors be combined exactly as specified or erroneous conclusions will be drawn.) Run No. Factor combinations Measurement obtained 1 A B C D E F G x1 2 A B c D e f g x2 3 A b C d E f g x3 4 A b c d e F G x4 5 a B C d e F g x5 6 a B c d E f G x6 7 a b C D e f G x7 8 a b c D E F g x8 To obtain the effect of each of the factors, set up the differences of the measurements containing the subgroups of the capital letters and the small letters from column 2 thus:

Effect of A and a [(x1 + x2 + x3 + x4)/4] – [(x5 + x6 + x7 + x8)/4] = J 4A/4 – 4a/4 = J

of being incorrect). 4.10.4 Stability Data

Note that the effect of each level of each chosen factor is the average of four values and that the effects of the 7 other factors

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