Oliver J. Schmitz

Articles by Oliver J. Schmitz

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At Analytica this year, an oral session titled “A Dream Comes True: Fantastic News from Analytical Chemistry” focused on cutting-edge techniques in separation science in Hall 5 of the International Congress Center Munich (ICM) International Congress Center Munich (ICM).

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In Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), traditionally, Hedyotis diffusa and Scutellaria barbata are cooked together and given to patients as tea. It is hypothesized that the interaction of metabolites from both herbs during cooking, improves the medical effect. This hypothesis was tested by preparing two tea variants which were then analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to ion-mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS).