Simultaneous determination of ethyl carbamate and urea in alcoholic beverages by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2797-2802

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Liu, Guoxin ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a   Wang, Depei ^a   Liu, Hao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alcoholic beverages; ethyl carbamate; HPLC FLD; urea

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUIDS; UREA;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATIONS; ETHYL CARBAMATE; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HPLC-FLD; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; UREA DERIVATIVES;

UREA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

UREA; URETHAN;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; UREA; URETHANE;

EID: 84897488941     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf405400y     Document Type: Article

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