Simultaneous quantitative determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in cow's milk and milk-based infant formula by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 7186-7193

  Desmarchelier, Aurélien ^a   Cuadra, Miriam Guillamon ^a   Delatour, Thierry ^a   Mottier, Pascal ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyanuric acid; LCMS MS; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Melamine; Milk

Indexed keywords

CYANURIC ACID; MELAMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFANT FORMULA; MILK; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRIAZINES;

EID: 70349202552     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901355v     Document Type: Article

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