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Cold EI—The Way to Improve GC‐MS and Increase Its Range of Applications

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) with Cold electron ionization (EI) is based on interfacing the GC and MS with a supersonic molecular beam (SMB) along with electron ionization of vibrationally cold sample compounds in the SMB in a contact‐free fly‐through ion source (hence the name Cold EI).
Aviv Amirav, Benny Neumark, Oneg Elkabets, Alex Yakovchuk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Rapid Test for Identification of Tuna Species

Biosensors
Tuna is an excellent food product, relatively low in calories, that is recommended for a balanced diet. The continuously increasing demand, especially for bluefin-tuna-based food preparations, and its relatively high market price make adulteration by ...
Isidora P. Gkini, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Alexis Conides, Despina P. Kalogianni, Theodore K. Christopoulos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative analysis of Sudan IV in edible palm oil

Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications, 2019
Background Palm oil is one of the most useful vegetable available. Sudan IV dye is used as hue enhancer in palm oil despite the ban as food colorant due to its carcinogenicity and mutagenicity by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC ...
Sampson Saj Andoh, Tarmo Nuutinen, Cheetham Mingle, Matthieu Roussey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive Insights into Natural Bioactive Compounds: From Chemical Diversity and Mechanisms to Biotechnological Innovations and Applications

ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.
Natural products derived from plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and minerals contain diverse bioactive classes such as alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, tannins, and phenolics. These natural products work through different mechanisms, including ROS inhibition, NF‐κB suppression, and cytokine regulation, and exhibit wide applications across ...
Sajid Ali, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Muhammad Saeed Akhtar, Adnan Amin, Wajid Zaman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of the Intersection Between Food Fraud/Adulteration and Authenticity

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2018
The first purpose of this paper is to collate and conceptualize two problems: food fraud/adulteration and food authenticity. The second aim is to investigate students’ understanding of these concepts and their implications for consumers and producers ...
Aleksandra Kowalska
doaj   +1 more source

Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler, R. Al‐Mondhiry, L. Lang, R. Marles, M. Tallon, A. Raghu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish DNA Sensors for Authenticity Assessment—Application to Sardine Species Identification

Molecules
Food and fish adulteration is a major public concern worldwide. Apart from economic fraud, health issues are in the forefront mainly due to severe allergies.
Myrto Kakarelidou, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Alexis Conides, Despina P. Kalogianni, Theodore K. Christopoulos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulated versus unregulated competition: How drug shortages boost illegal pharmacy sales

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how product shortages among legal firms create competitive opportunities for illegal firms. We analyze 713 drug shortages in the United States between 2017 and 2023 and show that shortages substantially increase illicit pharmacies’ sales of affected drugs, which rise by 40.5% during shortages and remain 32 ...
Luis Diestre, Benjamin Barber IV
wiley   +1 more source

Consumers’ Knowledge of Food Adulteration and Commonly Used Methods of Detection

Journal of Food Quality, 2022
Food adulteration has become a threat to many countries as most individuals have consumed food items without knowing that it has been adulterated, leaving the consumer with various ailments.
Edward Ken Essuman, Ernest Teye, Rosemond Godbless Dadzie, Livingstone K. Sam-Amoah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source