An analytical platform for the detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in honey, pollen, teas, herbal infusions, and dietary supplements is proposed; it includes a wide-scope suspect screening method, based on a diagnostic product ion filtering strategy for the characterization of PAs, and a target screening and identification method for the high-throughput detection of 118 PAs of a high-resolution mass spectral library. Salting-out assisted liq-uid-liquid extraction of aqueous extracts combined to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry was employed. The limit of identification (0.6-30 mu g kg-1) of 28 standards were fit-for-purpose in PA-monitoring applications, with a false negative rate <1.3 % at 4 mu g L-1. The wide-scope suspect screening method allowed the tentative identification of 88 compounds. The screening of 282 com-mercial samples revealed a broad contamination of the studied matrices, demonstrating the effectiveness of the platform in detecting and identifying both target and untarget PAs.
An analytical platform for the screening and identification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food matrices with high risk of contamination / Rizzo, Serena; Celano, Rita; Piccinelli, Anna Lisa; Serio, Simona; Russo, Mariateresa; Rastrelli, Luca. - In: FOOD CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0308-8146. - 406:(2023), p. 135058. [10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135058]
An analytical platform for the screening and identification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food matrices with high risk of contamination
Russo, Mariateresa;
2023-01-01
Abstract
An analytical platform for the detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in honey, pollen, teas, herbal infusions, and dietary supplements is proposed; it includes a wide-scope suspect screening method, based on a diagnostic product ion filtering strategy for the characterization of PAs, and a target screening and identification method for the high-throughput detection of 118 PAs of a high-resolution mass spectral library. Salting-out assisted liq-uid-liquid extraction of aqueous extracts combined to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry was employed. The limit of identification (0.6-30 mu g kg-1) of 28 standards were fit-for-purpose in PA-monitoring applications, with a false negative rate <1.3 % at 4 mu g L-1. The wide-scope suspect screening method allowed the tentative identification of 88 compounds. The screening of 282 com-mercial samples revealed a broad contamination of the studied matrices, demonstrating the effectiveness of the platform in detecting and identifying both target and untarget PAs.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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