A new, very sensitive method of assessment of ptaquiloside, the major bracken carcinogen in the milk of farm animals

Food Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 660-665

  Francesco, Bonadies ^a   Giorgio, Berardi ^a   Rosario, Nicoletti ^a   Saverio, Romolo Francesco ^a   Francesco, De Giovanni ^b   Romano, Marabelli ^c   Adriano, Santoro ^b   Cinzia, Raso ^b   Antonio, Tagarelli ^d   Franco, Roperto ^b   Valeria, Russo ^b   Roperto, Sante ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Nutrition and Food Safety   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bracken fern; Bromo pterosine; Carcinogens; Milk; Ptaquiloside; Pteridium spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BRACKEN FERNS; BROMO-PTEROSINE; MILK; PTAQUILOSIDE; PTERIDIUM SPP;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

GLYCOSIDE; PTAQUILOSIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELUTION; FARM ANIMAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; OVIS ARIES; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 77955770947     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.059     Document Type: Article

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