Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: Proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds

High value commodities such as spices suffer from occasional contaminations of both chemical and biological origin. Consequently, quality control and safety monitoring has become a pressing issue for the spice industry. Two recent independent studies showed that at least one third of the analyzed cu...

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Main Authors: Marie Willocx, Iris Van der Beeten, Pieter Asselman, Lynn Delgat, Wim Baert, Steven B. Janssens, Frederik Leliaert, Jean-François Picron, Celine Vanhee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666566221000617