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Table 1 Comparison of detection methods of amaranth

From: Colorimetric determination of amaranth followed enrichment and separation using buoyant adsorbents

Methods

Pretreatment

Sample

LOD (μg/L)

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UV-vis

LLE

Beverage, candy

10

Sha and Zhu 2015

TLC-HPLC-PDA

SPE

Soft drink

40

De Andrade et al. 2014

HPLC

MSPE

Drinks, cocktails, candy, etc.

6.4

Wu et al. 2016

LC-ESI-MS/MS

SPE, LLE

Ice cream, chocolate candy

5.0

Martin et al. 2016

icELISA

Beverage

3.35

Zhang et al. 2014

MIP-electrochemical sensor

Soft drink

1.21

Li et al. 2019

UV-vis

UA-D-μ-SPE

Food and water samples

3.83

Noormohamadi et al. 2019

Voltammetry

Jelly, water, fruit cakes, etc.

1.27

Tvorynska et al. 2019

UV-vis

DSPE

Beverage

2.1

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