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I recently followed a method to extract Vitamin D3 from my sample as follow--
5 g of sample + 0.2 mL of IS + 40 mL of pyrogallol alcohol + 80 mL of KOH, then extract into 80 mL of hexane. But only 40 mL of the hexane was evaporated to dryness and reconstituted in 2 mL of acetonitrile.
IS calibration standards-- 0.2 mL of IS was added into 2 mL of each calibration standards.
Calibration curve-- Y axis- area of D3/area of IS, x-axis- conc. of Vit D3 (mcg/L)
Calculation #1:
concentration (mcg/g) of Vit D in my sample = Conc. from calibration curve (mcg/L) * 0.002 L * (1/5 g)
or
Calculation #2:
concentration (mcg/g) of Vit D in my sample = conc. from calibration curve (mcg/L) * 0.002 L * (1/5g) *(80 mL/40 mL)
Which calculation is correct? Calculation #1 or calculation #2?