Distinguishing between toxic and non-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids and quantification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-131

  Rösemann, Gertruida M ^a   Botha, Christo J ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

1,2 unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Crotalaria; Food contaminant; LC MS detection; Method development; Senecio toxicity

Indexed keywords

MONOCROTALINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETRORSINE;

ARTICLE; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA LABURNIFOLIA; CROTALARIA SPHAEROCARPA; ELECTROSPRAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POISONOUS PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84898742702     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: 18767486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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