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HERO ID
1312054
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Rapid qualitative analysis of phthalates added to food and nutraceutical products by direct analysis in real time/orbitrap mass spectrometry
Author(s)
Self, RL; Wu, WH
Year
2012
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Food Control
ISSN:
0956-7135
EISSN:
1873-7129
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Location
OXFORD
Volume
25
Issue
1
Page Numbers
13-16
Language
English
DOI
10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.013
Web of Science Id
WOS:000300917500003
URL
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0956713511004178
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Abstract
A recent food safety issue involves the contamination of a broad range of food and nutraceutical products from Taiwan with industrial plasticizers. Among the suspected contaminants are selected phthalic acid esters, such as benzyl butyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, di-n-octyl phthalate, diisononyl phthalate, and diisodecyl phthalate. Described in this study is an analytical method to rapidly qualitatively analyze these compounds in a wide variety of food and nutraceutical matrices suspected in this crisis. The method utilizes direct analysis in real time (DART) ionization coupled to a Thermo Exactive orbitrap mass spectrometer. The method is shown to be capable of detecting these compounds at levels greater than 1.0 mu g/mL in all food products examined and 0.5 mu g/mL in most of the samples tested. In the nutraceutical samples tested, the compounds were detected at levels of 50 mu g/g for all samples with some detected as low as 1.0 mu g/g. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords
Phthalates; Direct analysis in real time (DART); Orbitrap; Food safety
Tags
IRIS
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BBP (Butyl benzyl phthalate)
Literature Search
LitSearch Dec 2012
WOS
Excluded: No Primary Data on Health Effects
Measurement methods
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Diisobutyl Phthalate (DIBP) Final
Database Searches
March 2014 Database Search
Web of Science
September 2014 update
Web of Science
June 2015 Update
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December 2015 Update
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January 2017 Update
No Primary Data on Toxic Effects
Measurement methods
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Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP)
Literature Search
LitSearch May 2013
Web of Science
Excluded: No Primary Data on Health Effects
Measurement methods
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