Table 6. Accuracy of different extraction methods for biotin

Sample Extraction methods Biotin (μg/100 g)1) Recovery (%)
Reference value2) Analysis value3)
SRM 1849a (Infant/adult nutritional formula) Autoclave Non-treated 199±13 199.735±6.313 100.369
Pepsin-assisted 196.516±4.762 98.752
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Reference value is the true value provided by NIST.
Analysis value is the experimental value obtained by immunoaffinity-HPLC/UVD assay for biotin.