Improved Fluorometric Method for Determining Selenium

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Abstract
A previously reported method for selenium analysis of biological materials has been modified to reduce equipment requirements and labor, resulting in 40—80 determinations in an 8-hr period. Digestions are performed on hot plates in Erlenmeyer flasks, and neutralization, chelation with EDTA, complexing with 2,3- diaminonaphthalene, and extraction of the piazoselenol into cyclohexane are completed in the same vessel. Flotation of the cyclohexane layer into the neck of the flask with water allows convenient transfer to fluorometer tubes. Representative analytical values for serum, skeletal muscle, liver, kidney, corn, and alfalfa hay are presented. The mean recovery (± standard deviation) of added selenite selenium in 84 determinations was 98.1±7.1%. The mean coefficient of variation (± standard error) of repeated analyses of the same samples was 6.98±0.78%. The mean difference (± standard error) between values determined by the proposed method and the AOAC method was -0.03±0.60%.

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