Twenty commercial multigrain cereal-based baby products purchased between 2016 and 2024 were analyzed for tropane alkaloids. The dataset likely contains measurements of atropine and scopolamine concentrations, validated using a UHPLC-TQ-MS/MS method with specific quantification limits. The data was contributed by authors Vera Baquero and Fernando Leonardo.
Use Cases
- Validate analytical methods for tropane alkaloids based on the described UHPLC-TQ-MS/MS and solid-phase extraction protocol.
- Assess contamination levels in baby food based on the reported concentration ranges for atropine and scopolamine.
- Study the presence of natural toxins in processed cereals based on the analysis of products containing 2 to 10 cereal flours and additives.
- Compare food safety across product purchase years based on the sample collection spanning 2016 to 2024.
Strengths
- Method validation includes specific limits of quantification: 0.005 μg/kg for atropine and 0.05 μg/kg for scopolamine.
- Analysis includes 20 commercial product samples, providing a concrete sample size.
- Sample details are provided, including product composition (mixtures of 2 to 10 cereal flours with honey, milk, fruit pulp or juices).
- Temporal coverage is specified, with products purchased between 2016 and 2024.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The geographic origin of the purchased commercial products is not specified.
Provenance
- Source
- e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Solid-liquid extraction followed by solid-phase extraction with MCM-41 silica sorbent, analysis by UHPLC-TQ-MS/MS.
- Time Range
- 2016 to 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-14 21:27:28; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- null