May 15th 2024
The still relatively new technique has distinct advantages, but a few of those benefits make it incompatible with some of the currently accepted principles of green sample preparation.
Monolithic Spin Column Extraction of Amphetamines
October 15th 2008Researchers from Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan), Hiroshima Prefectural Police Headquarters (Hiroshima), Tokai University School of Medicine (Kanagawa, Japan), and GL Sciences Inc. (Saitama, Japan) developed a spin column device packed with octadecyl silane-bonded monolithic silica for extracting amphetamines and methylenedioxyamphetamines from urine.
SBSE Used in Triclosan Analysis
October 15th 2008Scientists from Hoshi University (Tokyo, Japan) and the National Research Institute of Police Science (Chiba, Japan) employed stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and thermal desorption gas chromatography?mass spectrometry (GC?MS) for analyzing 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol, otherwise known as triclosan, in river water samples.
Headspace Liquid-Phase Microextraction Solvent Vapor Pressure
October 1st 2008A research group from Yanbian University and the Key Laboratory of Organism Functional Factors of the Changbai Mountain (both Yanji City, Jilin Province, China) examined the effect of the vapor pressure of the extracting solvent on the enrichment factor in headspace liquid-phase microextraction.
Mixed-Mode Cleanup Technique for Drug in Meat Products
October 1st 2008Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and (Lyngby, Denmark) and the Danish Meat Research Institute (Roskilde, Denmark) used a mixed-mode reversed phase?anion exchange cleanup method followed by LC-MS with electrospray ionization time-of-flight detection to analyze mycophenolic acid in dry-cured ham, fermented sausage, and liver pate.
NuGEN and Hamilton Create Automated Sample Preparation Instrument
October 1st 2008NuGEN (San Carlos, California) and the Hamilton Company (Reno, Nevada) have assembled an automated, total target preparation system for high-throughput processing of clinical samples for global gene expression analysis.
SFE Clean-Up of Olive Oil Samples for Herbicide Analysis
September 15th 2008Researchers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquees (Agadir, Morocco), and Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II (Agadir, Morocco) developed a method for screening paraquat and diquat in olive oil samples.
Coacervative Extraction of Priority Carcinogenic PAHs from Water for LC Analysis
September 15th 2008Researchers from Edificio Anexo Marie Curie (Cordoba, Spain) used coacervates of decanoic acid reverse micelles to extract priority carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in waste and surface water for subsequent analysis by liquid chromatography-fluorimetry.
Bad Automobile Air Conditioner Odors Sampled for GC Analysis
September 15th 2008A research group from Kangwon National University (South Korea) set up a laboratory-scale test cooling bench with an airflow, temperature, and relative humidity controller and used it to simulate the unpleasant odor produced by an automobile air conditioner evaporator.
SPME-Headspace GC Analysis of BTEX in Waste Treatment Effluent
September 1st 2008Researchers from Sao Cristovao and Salvador, Brazil employed a solid-phase microextraction (SPME-headspace gas chromatography (GC) method to analyze benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in water released from a waste treatment plant.
Multiresidue Antibiotic Analysis
September 1st 2008Scientists from the USDA';s Eastern Regional Research Center (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania) analyzed 11 beta-lactam antibiotics in bovine kidney using a sample preparation method consisting of an acetonitrile-water extraction followed by a dispersive solid-phase extraction with a C18 sorbent, extract concentration, and filtration with syringeless filter vials.
Protein Isolation Using Multipurpose Peptide Tags
August 15th 2008A research group at Lund University (Lund, Sweden) fused a multifunctional peptide tag to the N-terminal ends of green fluorescent protein, lactate dehydrogenase, and human hemoglobin in preparation for separation via ion-exchange chromatography, immobilized metal-ion affinity chromatography, and hydrophobic interaction chromatography.
Dynamic Liquid-Phase Extraction of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Urine
August 15th 2008Researchers at the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used dynamic liquid-phase microextraction with an ionic liquid as the acceptor phase to extract six nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from human urine samples.
Solid-Phase Microextraction Used in Mycotoxin Analysis
August 1st 2008A research group from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) has used solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) to determine the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in human urine.
Chiral Derivatizing Agents Aid Enantioseparation of Amino Acids
August 1st 2008Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Roorkee, India) prepared chiral dichloro- and monochloro s-triazines by nucleophilic displacement of chlorine atoms in s-triazine chloride and its 6-methoxy derivative with various amino acid amides.
BTEX in Water Analyzed by Microdrop Extraction and GC-MS
August 1st 2008Analysts from the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used ionic liquid-based, single-drop microextraction followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection to analyze benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX) in water.
Headspace Sampling Used to Analyze Background Vapors of Ionic Liquids
August 1st 2008Researchers from Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan) used headspace sampling with gas chromatography to analyze the concentration and identity of compounds in the vapor above six ionic liquids at a temperature of 100 ?C.
Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Haloacetic Acids from Vegetables
August 1st 2008Chemists from the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used a continuous ultrasound-assisted approach to extract nine haloacetic acids from vegetables and conversion to methyl esters for gas chromatography (GC) analysis.
Headspace SPME Used to Analyze Cheese Flavors
July 15th 2008Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada) and McGill University (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada) used headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in conjunction with gas chromatography?mass spectrometry (GC?MS) to measure flavor compounds in commercial cheddar cheese and enzyme-modified cheddar cheese.