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Table 1 Linearity parameters and intra- and inter-day validation of the method to determine FA in freshly prepared tablets

From: On-line solid-phase enrichment coupled to packed reactor flow injection analysis in a green analytical procedure to determine low levels of folic acid using fluorescence detection

Linearity parametersa

Concentration (ng/mL)

Intra-assay

Intra-assay

Calibration range (ng/mL)

1.25-50

Mean recoveryb (% ± RSD)

Mean recoveryb (% ± RSD)

Detection limit (ng/mL)

0.49

5

98.88 ± 0.62

98.45 ± 0.81

Slope (b)

1.4317

15

99.15 ± 0.34

99.01 ± 0.44

Standard error of the slope

0.0094

30

99.27 ± 0.44

99.13 ± 0.53

Intercept (a)

0.3517

45

99.14 ± 0.51

98.92 ± 0.59

Standard error of the intercept

0.2319

 

Average

 

Correlation coefficient (r2)

0.9997

 

99.11 ± 0.48

98.88 ± 0.59

  1. a Y = a + bC, where C is the concentration of FA in ng/mL and Y is the peak area.
  2. b Values are mean of five determinations.