Solid phase microextraction (SPME) was used for the determination of 6 standard solvents (methanol, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, cyclohexane, toluene) in food packaging materials. SPME method is a solvent-free sample preparation technique in which a fizsed silica fiber coated with polymeric organic liquid is introduced into the headspace above the sample. SPME method using fiber coated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was compared with static headspace (SHS) method used as a reference. It was found that the optimal adsorption condition using PDMS-SPME method was 20 for 15 minutes for the standard solvents. Detection limits, linearity, reproducibility, and recovery of both SHS and PDMS-SPME methods have been determined using 6 standard solvents. Both methods were characterized by high reproducibility and good linearity. Using SHS method, the mean recovery of the 6 standard solvents was ranged from 75.5% to 105.8% with a mean relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.3% to 4.8%. With PDMS-SPME method, the mean recovery of the 6 standard solvents was ranged from 86.7% to 108.3% with a mean RSD of 0.4% to 2.5%. The detection limits of both methods were the same for toluene, cyclohexane and methyl ethyl ketone; those of PDMS-SPME method were higher than those of SHS method for methanol, isopropanol and ethyl acetate. PDMS-SPME fiber showed excellent adsorption for non-polar solvents such as toluene, while it showed relatively low adsorption for polar solvents such as methanol.

Phosphatidylcholine (PC) 인지질로 이루어진 모델 지질막은 세포막을 대신하여 지질막과 여러 분자간의 상호 작용을 연구하는 생물리 연구에 흔히 이용된다. 이들 모델 지질막을 제조하는 과정에서 지질 분자나 지질막과 작용하는 분자를 용해하는데 여러 가지 유기 용매가 이용된다. 용해 과정에 사용된 용매는 물론 제거되거나 소량 사용되기 때문에 실험 결과에 미치는 영향이 미미한 것으로 간주되어 보통 무시된다. 하지만 용매의 종류에 따라 소량의 용매가 용질 분자에 남아서 실험 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 시차열분석기와 인(31P) 고체 핵자기 공명 실험을 통하여 유기 용매가 지질막의 상변이와 지질막의 물리적 성질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 클로로폼에 용해한 지질의 경우 비교적 쉽게 제거되었으며, 에탄올, trifluoroethanol (TFE) 또는 trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)에 용해한 분자들의 경우 용질에 잔류하여 지질과 용질의 상호작용시 지질의 물리적 성질에 영향을 미치는 것이 확인되었다. 따라서 지질막과 상호작용하는 분자들의 연구에서 용매의 선택이 중요하며 비록 미량이 사용되었을지라도 시료 제조와 실험 결과의 해석에 각별한 주의가 필요함을 보여 준다.

This study was conducted to investigate the contents of residual solvents and mineral components(11 kinds) in ginseng extracts with different extracting conditions(5 types) and commercial ginseng extract products(domestic, imported). Fine root was extracted with solution having various ethanol concentration after hexane treatment. Among 5 type extracts, residual solvent(hexane) was detected ginseng extracts treated ethanol mixed with hexane. But extracts that dried after soaked in hexane wasn't detected hexane. Mineral components(Al, Mn, Fe, Cu and Zn) were detected in fine root and 5 types of extracts. The contents of mineral components between fine root and extracts with various extracting conditions were similar, however, extracts that dried after soaked in hexane showed the lower amount in Al, Fe, Pb than the others. In comparison with commercial ginseng extract products(domestic, imported), the distribution pattern of mineral was similar but the contents were a little different.