Determination of Caffeine, Myosmine, and Nicotine in Chocolate by Headspace Solid‑Phase Microextraction Coupled with Gas Chromatography‑Tandem Mass Spectrometry

The occurrence of the bioactive components caffeine (xanthine alkaloid), myosmine and nicotine (pyridine alkaloids) in different edibles and plants is well known, but the content of myosmine and nicotine is still ambiguous in milk/dark chocolate. Therefore, a sensitive method for determination of…