Fennel seeds - pyrrolizidine alkaloids (spiked and incurred) and tropane alkaloids

The fennel seeds (powder) contain incurred residues of

• europine,
• europine-N-oxide,
• heliotrine-N-oxide (not included in the specification),
• lasiocarpine, and
• lasiocarpine-N-oxide (not included in the specification),

and spiked levels of the tropane alkaloids

• hyoscyamine, and
• scopolamine,

as well as spiked levels of the pyrrolizidine alkaloids

• heliosupine-N-oxide,
• intermedine,
• lycopsamine,
• rinderine
• senecionine,
• senecivernine, and
• usaramine-N-oxide.

The fennel seeds might contain trace levels of further pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are not specified.

Please refer to the specification. 

The reference material is available until March 2023 (or until end of stock).