The determination of trimethylsilyl derivatives of levulinic acid and food preservatives using gas chromatography was studied for the appraisal of soy sauce.
Levulinic acid (Lev-A), and food preservatives were not detected in genuine fermented soy sauce. For adulterated soy sauce, 77-2148mg. of Lev-A, 493-604mg. of benzoic acid (B.A.) and 15-22mg. of n-butyl-p-hydroxybenzoate (n-BHB) were detected. For Shinshiki No.2 soy sauce, 5900mg. of Lev-A was detected. For Amino acid soy sauce, 2650-22690mg. of Lev-A was detected.
In order to identify unknown peaks on the chromatogram, following compounds were applied to the gas chromatography: lactic-, succinic-, malic-, citric-, α-ketoglutaric-, 2-pyrrolidone 5-carboxylic-, levulinic-, p-hydroxybenzoic-, sorbic-, salicylic, benzoic-acid; ethyl-, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl-, i-butyl-p-hydroxybenzoate, and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
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