ABSTRACT

This chapter deals with a heterogeneous class of compounds, generically called organic bases. Many kinds of organic bases are found in food of both vegetal and animal origins. We have classied this complex group of compounds in the following rather arbitrary way:

1. Biogenic amines

2. Heterocyclic aromatic amines

3. Unsulfonated aromatic amines

4. Purines and pyrimidines

5. Methylxanthines

6. Glycoalkaloids

7. Capsaicinoids

8. Ergot alkaloids

9. Other alkaloids

In particular, in this chapter we will discuss all the papers that have been published on the analysis of organic bases in food and beverages since 2005 up to now.