Alternaria-Toxins

Alternaria toxins are characterized by a very wide range. The literature already describes more than 70 different mycotoxins. Among them, alternariol (AOH), alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), tenuazonic acid (TEA), altertoxins (ATX), tentoxin (TEN), altenuene (ALT)....

Ergometrine and Ergometrinine

The primary ergot alkaloids ergometrine and ergometrinine are highly toxic mycotoxins, which naturally occur in various types of grains (i.e., rye, wheat, rice), as well as in cereals and other cereal products. For this reason, alkaloids have gained increasing...

Benzotriazoles

Phenolic benzotriazoles are widely applied as UV stabilizers in plastics and to some extent also in cosmetics and sun screens. Many phenolic benzotriazoles are highly lipophilic compounds and exhibit a high sorption and bioaccumulation potential. First assessment of...

Fipronil scandal expands

Meanwhile 45 countries are affected, including 26 EU countries. As a matter of fact, Fipronil is not degraded by heating (up to 120 °C over 20 minutes). For this reason, residues are increasingly being found in processed products – most recently in egg liqueur....

Pain killer without toxic effect

The research group around Prof. Stein of the Charité Berlin has developed a new active pharmaceutical ingredient, we have synthesized this molecule. (See original publication: Spahn et al., Science, 2017, 355 (6328): 966-969) We can offer this substance...