GC–MS

Everyone is talking about sustainability, and organizations are creating sustainability programs. But what does green chemistry really mean, and how does it apply to gas chromatography?

Pesticides in local surface and groundwaters were purified and enriched with solid-phase extraction, then analyzed using multidimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, with the results compared to those found by gas chromatography–quadrupole mass spectrometry.

GC-MS technology has been used to study the inflammatory mechanism in COVID-19 patients, revealing the possible mechanism of inflammatory response in patients from the perspective of metabolomics.

A new study has demonstrated a practical solution for the reliable compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of trace-level pollutants in complex environmental samples, using 2DGC-IRMS.

New GC–MS research suggests that the presence of hemicellulose impurities in α-cellulose extracted from land plants may compromise reliable application of the 18O/16O ratio for environmental, physiological, and metabolic studies.

While pesticides may be beneficial, they may also cause health risks in foods. In a recent study, scientists created new methods for detecting maximum pesticide residue levels.

A new differential ion mobility spectrometry device has been created that will greatly change how chemicals and substances are found and analyzed.

By performing tissue analysis of caracals in captivity and in their natural African habitats, scientists were able to quantify uptake of toxic chemicals from the environment depending on how polluted they are.

Using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, a recent study was able to identify several compounds that give specialty coffee their fruity flavors and aromas.

"GC Connections" presents the column's annual review of new developments made in the field of gas chromatography, made available in 2022–2023.

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The monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into food is an important environmental and health concern. Raquel Sendón García, PhD, is a Faculty Member in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of Nutrition and Food Science, and a Faculty of Pharmacy member at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She has been performing research on food contamination and the presence of potentially harmful chemicals in foods for some time. We recently spoke to her about her work using GC–MS and other analytical techniques to analyze PFAS migration into food from packaging materials.

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Untargeted GC–MS metabolomics with sample derivatization is shown here to be effective for measuring the chemical profiles of traditional and plant-based meat products.

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A broad range of trace-level volatile organic compounds was detected in drinking water using headspace–trap sampling.

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In this study, the experimental nontargeted screening approach and corresponding data analysis workflows—simultaneously using molecular ion information and structural information—are presented for the molecular identification and authenticity verification process from a brand perfume using GC–ecTOF-MS.

The study of the thermal behaviour and pyrolysis products of these terpenoids could possibly suggest flavour precursors that could be used to provide specific flavours to tobacco.