Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: their occurrence in Spanish honey collected from purple viper's bugloss (Echium spp.)

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1799-1806

  Orantes Bermejo, F J ^a   Serra Bonvehi J ^b   Gomez Pajuelo A ^c   Megias M ^a   Torres, C ^a  

^a Analytical Laboratory of Bee Products   (Spain)

^b Research and Development of Department of Nederland Co   (Spain)

^c AG Pajuelo Consultores   (Spain)

Author keywords

food safety; pollen; purple viper's bugloss Spanish honey; pyrrolizidine alkaloids; pyrrolizidine N oxides

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; FOOD SAFETY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHI-SQUARED TEST; N-OXIDES; POLLEN; POTENTIAL RISKS; PURPLE VIPER'S BUGLOSS SPANISH HONEY; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ECHIMIDINE; ECHIMIDINE N OXIDE; HELIOTRINE N OXIDE; LYCOPSAMINE; LYCOPSAMINE N OXIDE; OXIDE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SENECIPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECHIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANCHUSA; ECHIUM; VIPERINAE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECHIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84885182649     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.817686     Document Type: Article

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