The aim of this research is to determine the optimum concentration of the coupling agent used in chloramphenicol analysis, then calculate the limit of detection of that photometric reaction. Chloramphenicol is a colorless compound that is often abused in animals whose products are consumed by humans. Chloramphenicol has side effects on the human body. So, chloramphenicol must be analyzed. To facilitate the analysis process, chloramphenicol must be converted into colored compounds called azo compounds. To make azo compounds must go through the process of reduction, diazotization, and coupling. A coupling agent is an important compound that played a role in an azo compound formation and was analyzed using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. This research, used N-(-1-Naphthyl) ethylenediamine dihydrochloride (NEDA) with variations concentrations of 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5% at 565 nm. The optimum coupling concentration that gives maximum absorbance was 0.1%. The detection limit (LOD) obtained by using the optimum coupling is 0.0498 μg/mL, the limit of quantitation (LOQ) is 0.1660 μg/mL, the sensitivity value is 0.1425, and a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.999 with a concentration range of chloramphenicol is 0,14 - 1,4 ppm.
Acetaldehyde is a compound of aldehyde group that is very volatile and toxic. This compound can be found in fructose syrups used in carbonate beverages. The syrups had been distilled then analysed using gas chromatography. The concentration of acetaldehyde was 289.78 g/g in the distillates kept for one week, 295.30 g/g in those kept for two weeks, 429.45 g/g in those kept for three weeks, and 449.38 g/g in those kept for four weeks. The optimum column temperature was programmed with initial temperature of 40 oC held on for four minutes, then increasing by 40 oC/minute to 200 oC. It can be concluded that the longer the distillates have been kept, the greater the concentration of acetaldehyde in the distillates. A further research to investigate the present of microbe in the distillates and the effect of pH should be conducted Keywords: acetaldehyde, fructose syrup, distillates, gas chromatography.
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