Determination of ethylenethiourea (ETU) and propylenethiourea (PTU) in foods by high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation-medium-resolution mass spectrometry

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-250

  Startin, James R ^a   Hird, Simon J ^a   Sykes, Mark D ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethylenethiourea (ETU); Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS); Processed foods; Propylenethiourea (PTU)

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ASCORBIC ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; ISOPROPYLENETHIOUREA; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM SULFATE; THIOUREA; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; YOGHURT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAD; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STANDARD;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIOUREA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 20344364871     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500110618     Document Type: Article

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