Retrospective trends and current status of ethyl carbamate in German stone-fruit spirits

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 397-405

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Schehl, Beatus ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a   Frank, Willi ^a   Senn, Thomas ^a  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt CVUA Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cherry spirit; Ethyl carbamate; Hydrocyanic acid; Mirabelle spirit; Plum spirit; Prunus L; Stone fruit spirits

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTATION; EXTRACTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE FRUIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARCINOGENS; COPPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PRUNUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URETHANE;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS CERASIFERA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 21044439704     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500073360     Document Type: Article

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