Determination of nitrite in food samples by second-order calibration of kinetic spectrophotometric data

Abstract

A method for the determination of nitrite in soil and vegetable samples by UV-Vis spectroscopy was proposed. The kinetic UV-Vis data were collected during the reaction between nitrite and 4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid with concentration of 0.001 M and pH 1.6. Data were collected by standard addition method. Multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares was employed to analyze data with non-negativity and three-way data structure constraints. The method can be used to solve matrix effect and unknown interferents in the determination of nitrite in complex samples. The proposed method was used to determine nitrite at low mg/L levels with satisfactory results in soil, lettuce, cabbage and cucumber samples.