title: Tandem mass spectrometry: a convenient approach in the dosage of steviol glycosides in Stevia sweetened commercial food beverages.
abstract: The use of sweeteners extracted from leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana is increasing worldwide. They are recognized as generally recognized as safe by the US-FDA and approved by EU-European Food Safety Authority, with some recommendation on the daily dosage that should not interfere with glucose metabolism. The results presented here introduce an easy analytical approach for the identification and assay of Stevia sweeteners in commercially available soft drink, based on liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry, using a natural statin-like molecule, Brutieridin, as internal standard. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Donna
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazzotti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5623-5795
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sindona
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D045786:Diterpenes, Kaurane / Q000032:analysis*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000032:analysis*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D036625:Stevia / Q000737:chemistry*; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D045786:Diterpenes, Kaurane; D005960:Glucosides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D013549:Sweetening Agents; C012043:stevioside
keywords: Stevia rebaudiana; multiple reaction monitoring; steviol glycosides; stevioside food labeling; tandem mass spectrometry