Investigation of targeted pyrrolizidine alkaloids in traditional Chinese medicines and selected herbal teas sourced in Ireland using LC-ESI-MS/MS

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 940-961

  Griffin, Caroline T ^a   Gosetto, Francesca ^b   Danaher, Martin ^c   Sabatini, Stefano ^b   Furey, Ambrose ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chinese medicines; hepatotoxicity; herbal teas; LC MS MS; pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs)

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; PHASE SEPARATION;

CHINESE MEDICINES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATIONS; HEPATOTOXICITY; LC-MS/MS; LIMITS OF QUANTITATIONS; PENTAFLUOROPHENYL (PFP); PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

EXTRACTION;

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; CARCINOGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROGEN OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POISON;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBAL TEA; IRELAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BEVERAGES; CALIBRATION; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; IRELAND; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POISONS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84900026640     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2014.900193     Document Type: Article

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