Detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in commercial honey using liquid chromatography-ion trap mass spectrometry

Food Chemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 1577-1583

  Griffin, Caroline T ^a   Danaher, Martin ^b   Elliott, Christopher T ^c   Glenn Kennedy, D ^d   Furey, Ambrose ^a,e  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e PROTEOBIO   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food safety; Honey; LC MS MS; LC QIT; Plant toxins; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs); Solid phase extraction (SPE); Spectral library

Indexed keywords

HONEY; LC-MS/MS; LC-QIT; PLANT TOXINS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES;

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISKS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ALKALOID; ECHIMIDINE; HELIOTRINE; JACOBINE; LYCOPSAMINE; MONOCROTALINE; OTONECINE; OTOSENINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETORSINE; RETRONECINE; SENECIONINE; SENECIPHYLLINE; SENKIRKINE; TRICHODESMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HONEY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84870302045     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.02.112     Document Type: Article

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