A new, fast, and accurate method to measure the levels of ivermectin in blood and plasma samples was developed using a new technique to prepare the samples and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to analyze them.

The 34th International Symposium on Chromatography kicked off on October 6 in Liverpool, featuring two plenary sessions and an opening ceremony.

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande scientists recently created a vortex-assisted matrix solid-phase dispersion (VA-MSPD) method for extracting persistent organic pollutants from shrimp.

A recent study examined three drug overdose deaths resulting from an Italian prison riot during the initial wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To ascertain the nature of these deaths, a comprehensive toxicological analysis was conducted, employing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to reveal high concentrations of various substances in the biological fluids of the deceased inmates.

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MS-SMART integrates three intelligent algorithms: automatic mining of diagnostic ions, rapid filtration of alkaloids from untargeted MS/MS data, and structural recommendations for filtered components.

Analyzing biological samples is crucial for disease diagnosis and treatment, public safety, and forensic examination.

The influence of chitosan's physicochemical characteristics on the functionality of lactic acid bacteria and the production of lactic acid remains very obscure and contradictory to date, thus inspiring a research team to study the effect of chitosan on growth and productivity of that bacteria in its presence.

At the AOAC International 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, scientists were recognized for their contributions to analytical chemistry.

Changes in volatile compounds (VCs) during air frying of tilapia were researched in a recent study by quantitative gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry, followed by the identification of key VCs based on their odor activity value (OAV).

ETHZ and Agroscope scientists tested a new means of analysis against secondary electrospray ionization (SESI) coupled to high-resolution-mass spectrometry (HRMS) for exhaled breath analysis.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Monash University Malaysia scientists recently tested HPTLC-guided preparative flash chromatography against olive flower extracts.

In this LCGC Blog, Kevin Schug discusses the potential machine learning has in helping predict physicochemical properties of molecules and optimizing chemical analysis processes.

Universidad Católica del Maul scientists reviewed advancements made in using machine learning and MALDI-TOF-MS for predicting antimicrobial resistance in different materials.

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) was combined with supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) hyphenated to mass spectrometry (MS) to analyze plastic additives that could be transferred into the environment from laboratory gloves.