[Analysis of the N-nitrosamines in products of plant origin]. / Analiz N-nitrozaminov v produktov rastitel'nogo proiskhozhdeniia.

A spectrofluorometric method of analyzing the carcinogenic N-nitrosoamines in the form of 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole derivatives is proposed. The content of nitroso-amines in a number of products of the vegetative origin was determined. In some samples of beetroots, radish and apples dimethyl-nitroso-amine in concentrations of 0.7--1.5 gamma/kg was detected. A conclusion is drawn on a relatively low content of carcinogenic N-nitroso-amines in the products of the vegetable origin.

[Determination of the N-nitrosamine content in meat and meat products]. / Opredelenie soderzhaniia N-nitrozaminov v miase i nekotorykh miasnykh produktakh.

Samples of meat and meat products for the content therein of carcinogenic N-nitrose-amines were subjected to a fluorometric analysis. In case of positive results the presence of NA was confirmed by cromate-mass-spectrometric and/or mass-spectrometric methods. The mean value for the concentrations of dimethyl-nitrose-amine, diethyl-nitrose-amine and nitrose-piperidine in meat products is within the ranges of 1.5-5.4, 1.0-6.1, 0.9-23.4 gamma/kg, respectively. NA was not found in meat.

[Safety of animal husbandry products produced by using allyl isothiocyanate-preserved feeds]. / Izuchenie bezvrednosti producktov zhivotnovodstva, poluchennykh pri ispol'zovanii kormov, konservirovannykh allilizotiotsianatom.

To examine the safety of foods (meat and milk) obtained from animals whose feeds were preserved with allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), the authors investigated the status and development of animals, some aspects of protein, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, some enzymes, hemopoiesis and reproduction function of Wistar rats fed diets containing the above products (55 g dry milk or 50 g boiled meat per 100 g diet). To measure the residual quantity of allylamine (AA), the main metabolite of AITC, a chromato-fluorometric method with the use of dansyl chloride was devised, permitting the detection of 2 ng AA in the spot. The relative standard deviation was 0.14-17. The degree of AA extraction amounted to 96%. The method made it possible to detect the residual quantity of AA in the kidneys (up to 12.2 +/- 2.0 micrograms/kg) and in the liver (up to 83.1 +/- 12.4 micrograms/kg). The data obtained evidence that AA cannot be used as conservant for manufacturing feeds for agricultural animals.