Stability considerations of aspartame in the direct analysis of artificial sweeteners in water samples using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS)

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-569

  Berset, Jean Daniel ^a   Ochsenbein, Nicole ^a  

^a Water and Soil Protection Laboratory (WSPL)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Aspartame degradation; Direct injection; DKP; HPLC MS MS; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DIRECT INJECTION; EFFLUENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GROUNDWATER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PEPTIDES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DIKETOPIPERAZINES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HPLC-MS/MS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

SUGAR SUBSTITUTES;

ACESULFAME; ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; GROUND WATER; PIPERAZINEDIONE; SACCHARIN; SUCRALOSE; SURFACE WATER; SWEETENING AGENT; TAP WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84861194293     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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