Geemitha Ratnayake et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 32(7), 1075-1082 (2015-05-23)
The purpose of this study was to develop a method to quantify 4(5)-methylimidazole (4-MEI), a suspected carcinogen, in carbonated beverages by simple sample dilution and isotope-dilution reverse-phase LC-MS/MS. Isotope dilution using hexa-deuterated methylimidazole (d6-4-MEI) was used to quantify native 4-MEI