Pyrrolizidine alkaloids of Echium vulgare honey found in pure pollen

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 594-600

  Boppré, Michael ^b   Colegate, Steven M ^a   Edgar, John A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; Echium vulgare; Food safety; Honey; LCMS; Pollen; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Pyrrolizidine N oxides; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

9 O ANGELYLRETRONECINE; ACETYLECHIMIDINE; ECHIMIDINE; ECHIMIPLATINE; ECHIUPLATINE; ECHIVULGARINE; HEXANE; LEPTANTHINE; METHANOL; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIZIDINE N OXIDE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPLANDICINE; VULGARINE;

ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD SAFETY; HONEY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECHIUM; HONEY; POLLEN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE;

EID: 13244262670     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0484531     Document Type: Article

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