- [Detection of tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite (Irgafos 168, antioxidant in plastics) and its oxide in commercial frozen vegetables].
[Detection of tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite (Irgafos 168, antioxidant in plastics) and its oxide in commercial frozen vegetables].
Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan (2003-11-11)
Yasuo Tanaka, Kyoko Takahashi, Tadayoshi Sasao, Tadashi Kirigaya, Shiro Hosoi, Noboru Nagaoka, Taro Kawamura, Hiroyuki Nakazawa
PMID14606426
ABSTRAKT
Two peaks, A and B, detected in chromatograms of commercial frozen vegetable extracts during analysis of organophosphorus pesticide residues by GC-FPD, were identified as tris(2,4-ditert-butylphenyl)phosphite (Irgafos 168) and Irgafos 168 oxide, respectively, from their mass spectra. Irgafos 168 is used as an antioxidant in plastics, and there has been no report of its detection in foods. We analyzed Irgafos 168 and its oxide in 38 samples of commercial frozen vegetables, and they were detected from 4 samples (0.02-0.80 microgram/g as total amount of Irgafos 168 and its oxide).