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3 . 2020

On the regulate tropane alkaloids in grain products

Abstract

Tropane alkaloids (TA) are metabolites of various plant species in the families Brassicaceae, Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae. Seeds of these weeds are found in flax, soy, sorghum, millet, sunflower, buckwheat and food products obtained from them, in herbals used as a part of food supplements and herbal teas. Despite the fact that the contamination of grain seeds by various parts of weeds reduces by sorting and clean up, a certain amount of TA gets into processed foods. An analysis of the consumption of TA with all types of foods, conducted by the European food safety Agency (EFSA), showed that TA intake with ration of various population groups can exceed the established level of single safe intake (ARfD) - 0.016 yg/kg of body weight (by 11-18% for adults, and by 5-25% for children depending on the age).

The aim of the research was to justify the need to introduce regulations for the safe content of TA in grain products.

Material and methods. The study process used hygiene, analytical methods, expert assessments on the basis of generalization and analysis of contemporary scientific researches published in databases Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, RISC, Russian and international regulatory and legislative documents.

Results. The established risks associated with TA contamination of grain and grain-based foods, as well as food supplements based on herbs and herbal teas, make it necessary to monitor food products for it’s presence.

Conclusion. Due to the greater study of the risks associated with the presence of atropine and scopolamine in foods, scientific justification of safe levels of these TA in foods based on cereals, including baby foods for children under 3 years old containing millet, sorghum, buckwheat or products based on these cereals is required.

Keywords:food pollutants, tropane alkaloids, grain products, atropine

Funding. Research work was carried out at the expense of subsidies for the performance of a state task.

Conflicts of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Bagryantseva O.V., Sokolov I.E., Kolobanov A.I., Elizarova E.V., Khotimchenko S.A. On the regulate tropane alkaloids in grain products. Voprosy pitaniia [Problems of Nutrition]. 2020; 89 (3): 54-61. DOI: 10.24411/0042-8833-2020-10029 (in Russian)

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Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (Moscow, Russia)

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