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Disclosing Frauds in Herbal Food Supplements Labeling: A Simple LC-MS/MS Approach to Detect Alkaloids and Biogenic Amines
| Title: | Disclosing Frauds in Herbal Food Supplements Labeling: A Simple LC-MS/MS Approach to Detect Alkaloids and Biogenic Amines |
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| Authors: | Giovanna Esposito, Simona Sciuto, Elisa Martello, Marzia Pezzolato, Elena Bozzetta |
| Source: | Journal of Food Protection, Vol 86, Iss 10, Pp 100152- (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Food processing and manufacture LCC:Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
| Subject Terms: | Agmatine, Caffeine, Food analysis, Mass spectrometry, Supplement products, Synephrine, Food processing and manufacture, TP368-456, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641 |
| More Details: | Food supplements are a category of products perceived safe and therefore commonly used by different categories of consumers without any particular attention or precaution. However, health risks associated with the consumption of supplements containing undeclared substances cannot be excluded. A variety of analytical methods are used to control supplement quality composition, but usually, these procedures are complex and time-consuming. Here, we report the results of a simple and fast liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method, to detect and quantify simultaneously different categories of active molecules, such as biogenic ammines and natural alkaloids that at high doses can produce negative health effect in consumers. Three categories of products intended for body weight loss, energy boosting, and erectile dysfunction treatment, purchased through e-commerce sites and from local supermarkets, were analyzed (n = 91). The caffeine, synephrine, agmatine sulfate, yohimbine, phenethylamine, and icariin were correctly separated and identified with good precision (RSD |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0362-028X |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X23068369; https://doaj.org/toc/0362-028X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100152 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c214fa2ae45949f7bfe429923f386140 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.214fa2ae45949f7bfe429923f386140 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 0362028X |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100152 |
| Published in: | Journal of Food Protection |
| Language: | English |