Tropane alkaloids in mint teas at the Serbian market

Присуство тропанских алкалоида у чајевима од нане на тржишту Србије

Authors

  • Gorica Vuković University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
  • Tijana Stojanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun, Republic of Serbia
  • Aleksandra Petrović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun, Republic of Serbia
  • Bojan Konstantinović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun, Republic of Serbia
  • Nikola Puvača University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad, Department of Engineering Management in Biotechnology, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
  • Dušan Marinković University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun, Republic of Serbia
  • Bojana Špirović Trifunović University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
  • Vojislava Bursić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/AGREN2104117V

Abstract

      The interest in tropane alkaloids as food contaminants has been increasing. The tropane alkaloids are plant toxins that mainly occur in Atropa, Datura and Hyoscyamus sp belonging to the Solanaceae family. A sensitive and selective LC-MS/MS method was applied for the analysis of atropine and scopolamine in the mint tea samples from the Serbian market. Tea, which has beneficial properties thanks to the phenolic compounds, can be accidentally contaminated by many weed seeds which contain the tropane alkaloids during the harvest. Only the tropane alkaloids present in the tea bags before the tea making were analysed. Atropine and scopolamine were detected in 30% of the analysed samples in the concentration above the limit of quantification.

        Key words: atropine, scopolamine, mint tea

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Published

2021-12-30

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 4 (2021): Агрознање/Agroknowledge Journal

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