HPLC DETERMINATION OF FOLATE IN LIVER AND LIVER PRODUCTS

Our objective was to produce reliable data on the contents of folate v itamers in pig, beef and chicken liver, beef kidney and some liver pro ducts. Folate contents were determined in monoglutamate form, using re versed-phase HPLC, Pig and beef livers contained 730-1470 mu g folates in 100g, tetrahydrofolate being the most abundant form detected. Froz en chicken liver also contained about 1000 mu g folates in 100g. Proce ssed foods containing liver, except canned baby foods, were also good folate sources. In processed foods, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate was the p redominant folate form. The detected folate contents were high, compar ed with published data.