Survey of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in teas and herbal teas on the Swiss market using HPLC-MS/MS

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 7345-7354

  Mathon, Caroline ^a,b   Edder, Patrick ^b   Bieri, Stefan ^b   Christen, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Official Food and Veterinary Control Authority of Geneva   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food safety; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal teas; HPLC MS MS; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Quality control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALKALOIDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FOOD SAFETY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CORE-SHELL PARTICLE; HEPATOTOXICITY; HERBAL TEAS; HPLC-MS/MS; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; MENTHA; VERBENA;

PLANT EXTRACT; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; TEA;

ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA;

BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA;

EID: 84928775786     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8142-8     Document Type: Article

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