Vol 14 No 12 The Column December 2018 Europe and Asia PDF

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.

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.

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.