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    This study analyzed the photodegradation of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) induced by UV radiation at different concentrations using thermal lens spectroscopy, optical absorption, and emission spectroscopy. At the highest vitamin E concentration of 10 mg/ml, UV irradiation at 266 nm led to an additional absorption band appearing at 368nm, related to vitamin E degradation. Emission spectra also showed signs of degradation over time with different excitation wavelengths. Lower concentrations showed similar degradation effects but reached stability faster. Thermal lens measurements initially showed little effect but the signal increased then decreased over time, reaching stability in later stages, indicating degradation.

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    This study analyzed the photodegradation of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) induced by UV radiation at different concentrations using thermal lens spectroscopy, optical absorption, and emission spectroscopy. At the highest vitamin E concentration of 10 mg/ml, UV irradiation at 266 nm led to an additional absorption band appearing at 368nm, related to vitamin E degradation. Emission spectra also showed signs of degradation over time with different excitation wavelengths. Lower concentrations showed similar degradation effects but reached stability faster. Thermal lens measurements initially showed little effect but the signal increased then decreased over time, reaching stability in later stages, indicating degradation.

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    STUDY OF PHOTODEGRADATION PROCESS OF DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL (VITAMIN E) BY THERMAL LENS, OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY J.A. Tiburcio-Moreno1, G.

    Marcelin1, O.L. Leanos-Castaneda1, J.M. Yanez-Limon2 and J. J. AlvaradoGil1


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    Department of Applied Physics, CINVESTAV-Unidad Mrida, Antigua Carretera a Progreso Km. 6, 97310, Mrida,Yucatn, Mxico.
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    Materials and Engineering Science, CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Quertaro, Libramiento norponiente No.

    2000 Fracc. Real de Juriquilla, C.P. 76230 Quertaro, Quertaro, Mxico.

    ABSTRACT Alpha-tocopherol is a liposoluble vitamin which presents natural antioxidant properties [1]. One of the most important issues has to do with the preservation of the integrity of vitamin E. This work presents a study of the photodegradation process induced by UV radiation of vitamin E at three different concentrations (10, 1 and 0.1 mg/ml). The process was analyzed by thermal lens technique, UV-Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence and liquid chromatography. In the case of the UV-Vis spectroscopy measurements, the degradation was induced by ultraviolet radiation at 266 nm and 366 nm. The highest concentration of Vitamin E show a characteristic absorbance band at 292 nm [2], that when irradiated with a wavelength of 266 nm, the spectrum exhibits an additional absorption band at 368nm. This effect can be related to the process of photodegradation of vitamin E, whose intensity increases with increasing time of exposure to UV radiation. After 60 min of UV exposure the band shows no evolution and the effect due to irradiation is permanent. The effect of photodegradation was also observed in the emission spectra. In this case excitation bands at 292 and 368 nm were used. With the excitation at 292 nm, an emission band is observed around 350 nm for t = 0, which decreases in intensity for longer time. For the excitation band at 368 nm, no emission is observed initially, however for t = 10 min an emission band appears at about 520 nm which initially increases in intensity and for longer times (30 min) decreases. Lower concentration samples show similar effects but the stabilization time intervals were smaller. Thermal lens measurements of the degradation process induced by 266nm, and induced with a 488nm laser source, did not show observable effects in the initial stages. However in the consecutive stages the value of the signal increases followed by a decrease and reaches stability in the last stages. REFERENCES [1] Webster R.D.; Electrochem. Commun. 1999, 1, 581. [2] Giacomelli C.; J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 15, 748-755, 2004.

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