Beta-chlorolactic acid as internal standard

Beta-chlorolactic acid is a major intermediate of 3-monochloro-1,2-propanediol (MCPD) in mammalian species. 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) is a food contaminant known to display toxic effects. 3-MCPD is mainly produced in the refining of vegetable fats and...

ATM4 und ATM4-glucuronide

Discrimination between street heroin consumption and poppy seed ingestion represents a major toxicological challenge in daily routine work. Now it is known the presence of acetylated thebaine metabolites ATM4 und ATM4 glucuronide (ATM4G) only originating from thebaine...

Doxycycline

Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline antibiotics. Tetracyclines are partly natural types of Streptomyces and partially semi-synthetic antibiotics with an extraordinarily broad spectrum of activity. They were the first major group of antibiotics for which the...

New packaging unit for alternaria toxins

Alternaria toxins are characterized by a very wide range. The literature already describes more than 70 different mycotoxins. The best-known of these are alternariol (AOH), alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), tenuazonic acid (TEA), tentoxin (TEN) and altenuene (ALT)....

beta- and gamma-Lumicolchicine

Colchicine is a toxic natural product and secondary metabolite, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum (Colchicum autumnale, also known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked ladies). Colchicine is a medication most commonly used to treat gout. In...