Research Article

Determination of the Chemical Stability of Cyanocobalamin in Medical Food by a Validated Immunoaffinity Column-Linked HPLC Method

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Effects of micronutrient and sugar alcohol on the degradation of cyanocobalamin against the combination effect between heat (124°C, 10 min) and ascorbic acid (100 mg/kg) treatment: (a) ferric chloride (1 mM) or (b) sorbitol (0.25%, w/v) was treated in 100 mg/kg cyanocobalamin standard solution and heated at 124°C for 10 min. After heating, cyanocobalamin in the samples was measured by HPLC analysis. Values with different letters (a–d) are significantly different at by post hoc Tukey’s test.
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