Malaysian
Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 25 No 3
(2021): 466 - 482
RECENT TRENDS IN THE QUANTIFICATION OF
VITAMIN B
(Kaedah
Terkini dalam Pengkuantitian Vitamin B)
Nurul
Hafawati Hashim1, Rozita Osman1, Nurul Auni Zainal Abidin2,
Nur Sofiah Abu Kassim2*
1Faculty of Applied Sciences, 
Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah
Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2School of Chemistry and Environment, 
Faculty of Applied Science,
Universiti Teknologi MARA, 
Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah, 72000, Kuala Pilah, Negeri
Sembilan, Malaysia 
*Corresponding author:  nursofiah@uitm.edu.my
Received:  28 April
2021; Accepted: 31 May 2021; Published:  27 June 2021
Abstract
Numerous analytical methods
have been developed for a variety of matrices to quantify vitamin B compounds.
It is important to establish a method with great accuracy and precision of chromatographic
separation. This review provides a wide-ranging
search of the vitamin B extraction methods developed during the last five years
in all applications. Particular emphasis is given to sample extraction
and chromatography analysis for vitamin B
compounds’ extraction in different applications such as biological fluids,
food, and pharmaceuticals. Hence, this review will elaborate the properties of
vitamin B and its metabolites, and the extraction and quantification of
water-soluble vitamin B content in foods for compliance monitoring and for
their particular application.
Keywords:  review, sample preparation, extraction,
vitamin B, chromatography analysis
Abstrak
Terdapat pelbagai kaedah analitikal telah
digunakan untuk menentukan kandungan vitamin B dalam pelbagai sampel matriks.
Ia adalah penting untuk membangunkan sesuatu kaedah yang mempunyai ketepatan
dan kejituan yang tinggi dalam pemisahan kromatografik. Ulasan ini mengandungi
carian menyeluruh untuk semua kaedah penentuan vitamin B yang telah dibangunkan
sepanjang lima tahun terkini dalam semua aplikasi.
Fokus diberikan kepada analisis pengekstrakan sampel dan analisis kromatografi
untuk sebatian vitamin B dalam pelbagai aplikasi seperti cecair biologi,
makanan, dan farmaseutikal. Oleh itu, ulasan ini akan menjelaskan ciri-ciri
vitamin B dan metabolitnya, dan pengekstrakan dan pengkuantitian kandungan
vitamin B larut air bagi tujuan pemantauan pematuhan kepada peraturan dan juga
aplikasi tertentu.
Kata kunci:  ulasan, penyediaan
sampel, pengekstrakan, vitamin B, analisis kromatografi
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