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Determination of the flavor enhancer maltol through a FIA — direct chemiluminescence procedure
2001
Abstract A new FIA — direct chemiluminescence method is proposed for the determination of maltol, based upon the oxidation of the food additive by KMnO 4 in sulfuric acid medium at 80°C enhanced by hexadecylpyridinium chloride (HD) and formic acid (HCOOH). The calibration graph is linear over the range 0.5–4.0 mg l −1 of maltol, with a R.S.D. ( n =50, 0.5 mg l −1 ) of 2.9%, LOD ( s / n =3) of 10 mg l −1 and sample throughput of 153 h −1 .
Dynamic reaction cell inductively couple plasma-mass spectrometry optimization for seawater analysis
2018
Abstract A direct method for dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma- mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS) trace mineral elements determination in seawater was optimized by Experimental Statistical Design. Five instrumental parameters, such as radiofrequency, sample, nebulizer and reaction gas flows, rejection parameter q and axial field voltage were studied. A Plackett-Burman design was used for screening the most important parameters and the most significant ones were optimized with a Central composite design. Fifteen elements and different isotopes for some of these were considered through the study. The optimization was achieved by using three different reaction gases (NH3, CH4 and O…
Chromatographic estimation of the soil-sorption coefficients of organic compounds
2006
Abstract Soil-sorption coefficient ( K OC ) assessment is essential before placing a new chemical substance on the market. Since experimental K OC measurements are tedious, time-consuming and costly, alternative approaches to estimating K OC from other descriptors have been proposed. We review the use of chromatographic retention (log k ) values, obtained in different types of chromatographic systems, as descriptors to establish predictive log K OC -log k models. We highlighted critical aspects of such models and performed a comparative study using data in the literature. We compare two strategies to deal with the large variability of experimental log K OC data. We contrast the results of t…
Green chromatography for the analysis of foods of animal origin
2016
Abstract The use of green chromatography methods, for the determination of different components and contaminants in foods of animal origin, has been reviewed from a literature update of papers published in the last years, paying special attention to the efforts regarding the reduction and greening of the sample preparatory steps, the use of clean alternative mobile phases, the improvement of stationary phases used in this type of analysis, and the increase of the analytical information obtained from each chromatography run. In general, it can be seen that the efforts to reduce the deleterious side effects of the analytical methods have also been focused on the maintenance, or improvement, o…
Miniaturized liquid chromatography coupled on-line to in-tube solid-phase microextraction for characterization of metallic nanoparticles using plasmo…
2018
Abstract This tutorial aims at providing guidelines for analyzing metallic nanoparticles (NPs) and their dispersions by using methods based on miniaturized liquid chromatography with diode array detection (MinLC-DAD) and coupled on-line to in-tube solid-phase microextraction (IT-SPME). Some practical advice and considerations are given for obtaining reliable results. In addition, this work outlines the potential applications that set these methodologies apart from microscopy-related techniques, dynamic light scattering, single particle ICP-MS, capillary electrophoresis, field-flow fractionation and other chromatographic configurations, which are discussed and mainly seek to accomplish size …
Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry as a tool for wastewater-based epidemiology: Assessing new psychoactive substances and other human biomarkers
2017
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) started to develop significantly in the last 8 years due, in part, to the advance of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS). Its initial objective ― to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs ― has been expanded to new psychoactive substances (NPS) and other human biomarkers of health, lifestyle and disease. The purpose of this review is to introduce recent methods and outstanding challenges in the application of LC–MS to these new targets, including target, suspect and non-target screening and, outline the workflows developed for discovering metabolites of NPS and biomarkers. Further, we discuss a number of specific methodological challenges t…
Heteroditopic chemosensor to detect γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in soft drinks and alcoholic beverages.
2021
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA) is a problem of considerable dimensions on a global scale. Among the different compounds used in DFSA assaults, 4-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is one of the most elusive due to its physical and biological characteristics. Therefore, the development of real-time detection methods to detect GHB not only in drinks but also in urine is very important for personal and social security. Here, we report two new heteroditopic chemosensors capable of recognizing and detecting GHB in soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and synthetic urine. The compounds have two moieties: a trifluoroacetyl group and a thiourea, which are able to interact respectively with the hydroxyl …
Determination of critical eluent composition for polyethylenglycols using on-line liquid chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry.
2008
In this work, it has been extended to methanol:water mobile phases, the use of a background correction method for on-line LC-FTIR measurements named Univariate background correction based on the use of a reference spectra matrix (UBC-RSM) and absorbance ratios. It permits to overcome the problem related to spectral changes occurring during the gradient elution, which in the past limited the on-line coupling of LC and FTIR to isocratic elutions. The combined use of the aforementioned background correction technique in on-line isocratic and gradient LC-FTIR, and partial least squares (PLS) has been applied for the search of the critical conditions for polymers. Polyethylenglycol (PEG) has bee…
Simultaneous Determination of Pyridoxine and Riboflavin in Energy Drinks by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection
2015
Energy drinks, as familiar consumer products, have been widely used in laboratory courses to help promote student interest, as well as to connect lecture concepts with laboratory work. Energy drinks contain B vitamins: pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and riboflavin (vitamin B2) of which amounts are high enough to be of concern. In this work, a fast and inexpensive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorescence detection method for determining pyridoxine and riboflavin simultaneously in energy drinks is developed. It takes advantage of the native fluorescence of B vitamins and provides high selectivity and sensitivity with low background noise. The method is suitable for und…