BS EN 14164:2014

This standard BS EN 14164:2014 Foodstuffs. Determination of vitamin B6 by high performance chromatography is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.050 General methods of tests and analysis for food products

This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of vitamin B₆ in foodstuffs by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Vitamin B₆ is the mass fraction of the sum of pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine including their phosphorylated derivatives determined as pyridoxine. The β-glycosylated forms are not taken into account. These can be determined with the method given in EN 14663 [1] by which the different vitamins of vitamin B₆ (pyridoxal, pyridoxamine and pyridoxine) are separated and individually quantified. A third European Standard, EN 14166 [2], determines the total vitamin B₆ by microbiological assay.