Low level quantitation of steroids in milk using LC/MS/MS
Increase in incidences of some hormone-related cancers throughout the world is of great concern. Dairy cows continue to lactate during the later half of pregnancy, when the concentration of estrogens in blood is high, and hence increases in milk.
Main concern is about cows' milk, which contains considerable quantity of estrogens. Increased consumption of such animal-derived food may have adverse effects. Hormones are chemicals that are naturally produced in the body of animals and human beings and have a number of important functions in life, such as reproduction or growth.
However, due to the important role of these chemicals in several body functions, they also have been exogenously applied to animals and humans in order to obtain some kind of benefit in health or even to improve physical growth and performance.
- Content Type:
- Paper
- Document Number:
- PO-CON1551E
- Product Type:
- Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry, Mass Spectrometry
- Keywords:
- cancer, cow, estrogen, pregnancy, Hormone, steroid hormone, Food and Beverages, Food safety (Residues, Contaminants), LCMS-8050
- Language:
- English
- File Name:
- ipo115069.pdf
- File Size:
- 1,122kb