title: Occurrence of volatile N-nitrosamines in dried chillies.
abstract: Twenty samples of dried chillies, fresh chillies and chilli sauces have been analysed for the presence of volatile N-nitrosamines. Over 75% of both dried whole chillies and chilli powder samples analysed contained N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) at concentrations of 0.66-16.5 micrograms/kg and 0.48-6.0 micrograms/kg, respectively. Fresh chillies and chilli sauces were not found to contain volatile N-nitrosamines.
authors.affiliation: Institut of Toxicology & Chemotherapy, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tricker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Preussmann
mesh_terms: D003212:Condiments / Q000032:analysis*; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D009602:Nitrosamines