Total and inorganic arsenic in dietary supplements based on herbs, other botanicals and algae-a possible contributor to inorganic arsenic exposure

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4429-4435

  Hedegaard, Rikke V ^a,c   Rokkjær, Inge ^b   Sloth, Jens J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Dietary supplements; HPLC ICP MS; Inorganic arsenic; Speciation analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARSENIC; FOOD ADDITIVES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

ANION EXCHANGE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; HPLC ICP MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); INORGANIC ARSENIC; LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMIT; SPECIATION ANALYSIS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS;

ALGAE;

ARSENIC; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SPIRULINA;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CHLORELLA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84885911008     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6835-z     Document Type: Article

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