The edible oil was saponified, and the contents of brassicasterol, campesterol, stigmasterol and β-sitosterol were determined by GC method with cholesterol as internal standard. The results showed that determination of phytosterols in edible oil by GC- internal standard method was highly specific. The limits of detection and quantitation were 3.00-3.30 mg/100 g and 9.00-11.00 mg/100 g, respectively. The precision and recovery rate were 0.89% and 90.51%-110.25%, respectively. The method was reliable on analysing of four phytosterols in edible oil. |