Issue 7, 2001

Separation and determination of denatured caseins by hydrophobic interaction Part II. Method validation and applications

Abstract

A method recently described for the separation of denatured α-, β- and κ-caseins by hydrophobic interaction chromatography was validated by the analysis of reference skim milk powder (BCR-063R) certificated for total nitrogen content. The method is based on fast and easy solubilization of commercial and real samples by 4.0 M guanidine thiocyanate and elution on a TSK-Gel® Phenyl-5PW column (TosoHaas) in the presence of 8.0 M urea in the mobile phase. No preliminary precipitation or separation of the casein fraction is required. A linear relationship between the concentration of casein and peak area (UV absorbance detector at 280 nm) was obtained over the concentration range 0.5–60 μM. The detection limits for α-, β- and κ-caseins ranged between 0.30 and 0.65 μM. The precision of the method was evaluated; the relative standard deviation for α-, β- and κ-casein determination ranged between 2.2 and 2.7% for standard solutions and between 3.5 and 6.2% for real sample solutions. The mean casein content found in 10 aliquots of BCR-063R calculated with respect to the total protein content (estimated on the basis of certified total nitrogen content) was 79.1 ± 2.7%. Results of linear fitting of standard additions data for α-, β- and κ-caseins to BCR-063R were compared with linear fitting of α-, β- and κ-casein calibration data. The method was applied to commercial caseins and to 31 real, raw samples [processed cow’s milk (pasteurised, UHT-treated), follow-up milk powders, cream, cheeses, casein-free infant formulae, cookies for babies containing milk proteins] with the aim of showing the wide applicability of the method in order to determine α-, β- and κ-caseins.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2001
Accepted
08 May 2001
First published
21 Jun 2001

Analyst, 2001,126, 995-1000

Separation and determination of denatured caseins by hydrophobic interaction chromatography.

Part II. Method validation and applications

E. Bramanti, C. Sortino, G. Raspi and R. E. Synovec, Analyst, 2001, 126, 995 DOI: 10.1039/B102360H

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