Improved method for extraction and LC-MS analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and their N-oxides in honey: Application to Echium vulgare honeys

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1894-1902

  Betteridge, Keith ^b   Cao, Yu ^a   Colegate, Steven M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Borage; Boraginaceae; Cation exchange; Echium vulgare; Food safety; Honey; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Pyrrolizidine N oxide; Solid phase extraction; Viper's bugloss

Indexed keywords

3' O ACETYLECHIMIDINE; 3' O ACETYLECHIUMINE; 7 O ACETYLINTERMEDINE; 7 O ACETYLLYCOPSAMINE; 7 O ACETYLVULGARINE; 7 O ACETYLVULGARINE N OXIDE; ACETYLECHIMIDINE; ACETYLECHIMIDINE N OXIDE; ECHIMIDINE; ECHIMIDINE N OXIDE; ECHIMIPLATINE; ECHIMIPLATINE N OXIDE; ECHIUMINE; ECHIUPLATINE; ECHIUPLATINE N OXIDE; ECHIVULGARINE; ECHIVULGARINE N OXIDE; LEPTANTHINE; LEPTANTHINE N OXIDE; METHANOL; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPLANDICINE; UPLANDICINE N OXIDE; VULGARINE; VULGARINE N OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DILUTION; ECHIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUPERNATANT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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

ANCHUSA; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; VIPER;

EID: 15444372087     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0480952     Document Type: Article

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