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Withania somnifera, also known as Ashwagandha, Indian ginseng and Winter cherry, is commonly used as a domestic remedy for several diseases in India and other parts of the world. To investigate if there is any reality to the supposed benefits researchers have characterized the polyphenols present in extracts to determine if they have any antioxidant effect.

The Pittcon Programme Committee has announced that Dr R. Graham Cooks, Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor, Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University, Illinois, US, will deliver the Pittcon 2012 Plenary Lecture, titled ?Ambient Ionization and Mini Mass Spectrometers: In-situ MS for Everyone?.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed its acquisition of blood test systems provider Phadia.

Concerns over the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in reusable plastic bottles has led to changes in the food and beverages industry, and a move to materials that are supposed to be BPA-free. A recent study has investigated these materials; confirming those that offer a safe alternative.

Metrohm AG and Metrohm International Headquarters have invested more than CHF 100 million in a new facility located in their hometown; Herisau in Switzerland.

Thermo - Quantitative Analysis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 using Immunoaffinity Extraction with APCI-LC-MS/MS

Thermo - Quantitative Determination of Testosterone in Plasma Using Unique Automated Online Sample Preparation and LC-MS/MS

Dr Judit Villen of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, has been presented with the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) 2011 Research Award.

Thermo - Sensitive and Accurate Quantitation of Perfluorinated Compounds in Human Breast Milk using Selected Reaction Monitoring Assays by LC/MS/MS

Thermo - Screening and Quantification of Multiple Drugs in Urine Using Automated Online Sample Preparation and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Thermo - On-line Enrichment HTLC/MS/MS Assay for Multiple Classes of Antibiotics in Environmental Water Sources

Air Liquide UK has completed an investment of over ¤3 million in the redevelopment of its filling and production facilities in Stoke on Trent, UK.

Thermo - Quantification of EPA 1694 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Water at the ng/L Level Utilizing Online Sample Preparation with LC-MS/MS

Incognito lets us into the world of buyers and sellers and reveals some of the problems that he has encountered on both sides of the fence.

Water monitoring and analysis is a huge and diverse market that involves a wide range of instrument technologies in varying configurations.

Shimadzu Product Profile

Waters EU - ACQUITY UPLC I-Class: Maximizing the Performance of a Bioanalysis Assay with a Low-Carryover Autosampler

Waters NA - Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class: Maximizing the Performance of a Bioanalysis Assay with a Low-Carryover Autosampler

Waters has added the metabolomics programme at Georgetown University Medical Centre to its Centers of Innovation programme.

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Participants in this Tech Forum are LCGC Editorial Advisory Board members Mary Ellen McNally of DuPont Crop Protection and Kevin Altria of GlaxoSmithKline.

Laboratory service and support includes a wide variety of services that aim to maintain, restore or improve the functionality of industrial laboratories. Instrument repair is only one aspect of this complicated business area.

Wyatt Technology Corporation will host its 22nd Annual International Light Scattering Colloquium October 31 to November 1 at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara, California.

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A new method has been developed that researchers claim provides more accurate and reliable LC-MS-MS detection of Vitamin D than ever before.

Metabolomic profiling for pre- and post-menopausal women and men has yielded results that are expected to provide a better understanding of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) competes with several separations techniques in the laboratory, including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC), and ion chromatography (IC). Participants in this Tech Forum are LCGC Editorial Advisory Board members Mary Ellen McNally of DuPont Crop Protection and Kevin Altria of GlaxoSmithKline.

Click here to view the complete e-Separation Solutions newsletter from August 11, 2011.