Determination of quinine in soft drinks using the fluorometry method

Abstract

Аналитика и контроль. 2019. Т. 23. № 3. in 0.01 M H 2 SO 4. The influence of the related compounds of the food matrix on the fluorimetric determination of quinine was studied. It has been established that the content of such components as sugar and citric acid in the soft drinks does not affect the luminescent signal of quinine. The detection limit of quinine was calculated, which amounted to 0.0019 mg/dm 3. In order to verify the correctness of the fluorimetric method, the results were compared with the spectrophotometric method (maximum absorption of quinine at 347 nm). The results obtained by the two methods were in good agreement, and the detection limit of the fluorimetric method was higher compared to the known works. The proposed technique could be used to control the quality and safety of the soft drinks.