Occurrence and chemistry of tropane alkaloids in foods, with a focus on sample analysis methods: A review on recent trends and technological advances

L González-Gómez, S Morante-Zarcero… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are natural toxins produced by different plants, mainly from the
Solanaceae family. The interest in TAs analysis is due to the serious cases of poisoning that …

Improved analytical approach for determination of tropane alkaloids in leafy vegetables based on µ-QuEChERS combined with HPLC-MS/MS

L González-Gómez, S Morante-Zarcero, JAM Pereira… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work presents an optimized methodology based on the miniaturization of the original
QuEChERS (μ-QuEChERS) followed by liquid chromatography coupled to mass …

Occurrence of tropane alkaloids in food

PPJ Mulder, M de Nijs, M Castellari… - EFSA Supporting …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 1709 samples of plant-derived food products, mainly produced in Europe, were
analysed for tropane alkaloids (TAs). The samples, of which 27.4% came from organic …

Emerging issues on tropane alkaloid contamination of food in Europe

M de Nijs, C Crews, F Dorgelo, S MacDonald… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
The occurrence of tropane alkaloids (TAs), toxic plant metabolites, in food in Europe was
studied to identify those TAs in food most relevant for human health. Information was …

A sensitive UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS method for the determination of tropane alkaloids in herbal teas and extracts

M Cirlini, V Cappucci, G Galaverna, C Dall'Asta… - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A sensitive UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS method, coupled with a suitable extraction protocol,
was developed and validated for the rapid detection of four tropane alkaloids (anisodamine …

Analytical methods, occurrence and trends of tropane alkaloids and calystegines: An update

A Romera-Torres, R Romero-González… - … of Chromatography A, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last years, the interest in secondary metabolites from plants has been growing, and
even more if they have or would have medical applications, as it happens with tropane …

Degradation of tropane alkaloids in baked bread samples contaminated with Solanaceae seeds

J Marín-Sáez, R Romero-González… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solanaceae plant seeds, which contain high concentrations of tropane alkaloids, have not
been studied in real conditions of proofing and baking processes. In this work both lab vial …

Tropane alkaloids in food: poisoning incidents

P Adamse, HP Van Egmond… - … and Safety of …, 2014 - wageningenacademic.com
A large number of wild and cultured plants produce secondary metabolites that can be toxic
to humans and animals. The present study aims to provide insight into the routes of (un) …

[HTML][HTML] Atropine and scopolamine occurrence in spices and fennel infusions

L González-Gómez, J Gañán, S Morante-Zarcero… - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are toxic anticholinergic compounds that appear due to accidental
contamination of foods with TA-producing plants. Atropine and scopolamine are the most …

Worldwide occurrence and investigations of contamination of herbal medicines by tropane alkaloids

TYK Chan - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tropane alkaloids occur mainly in Solanaceae plants. In the present review, the main
objective is to describe the worldwide occurrence and investigations of anticholinergic …