Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the food chain: Development, validation, and application of a new HPLC-ESI-MS/MS sum parameter method

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 11382-11391

  Cramer, Luise ^a   Schiebel, Hans Martin ^a   Ernst, Ludger ^a   Beuerle, Till ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borago officinalis; culinary herbs; high performance liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC ESI MS MS); honey

Indexed keywords

BORAGO OFFICINALIS; CULINARY HERBS; HONEY; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; INTERNAL STANDARDS; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ALKALOIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

7 O 9 O DIBUTYROYL (9,9 2H2) RETRONECINE; 7-O-9-O-DIBUTYROYL-(9,9-2H2)-RETRONECINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETRONECINE;

ARTICLE; BORAGO; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BORAGO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84889861546     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf403647u     Document Type: Article

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