Fast Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods In Food And Environmental Analysis - Hardcover

Nunez Oscar Et Al

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783264934 ISBN 13: 9781783264933

Publisher: Imperial College Press, 2015

Synopsis

There is a growing need for high-throughput separations in food and environmental research that are able to cope with the analysis of a large number of compounds in very complex matrices. Whereas the most common approach for solving many analytical problems has often been high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the recent use of fast or ultra-fast chromatographic methods for environmental and food analysis has increased the overall sample throughput and laboratory efficiency without loss (and even with an improvement) in the resolution obtained by conventional HPLC systems.

This book brings together researchers at the top of their field from across the world to discuss and analyze recent advances in fast liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) methods in food and environmental analysis. First, the most novel approaches to achieve fast and ultra-fast methods as well as the use of alternative and complementary stationary phases are described. Then, recent advances in fast LC–MS methods are addressed, focusing on novel treatment procedures coupled with LC–MS, new ionization sources, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and the problematic confirmation and quantification aspects in mass spectrometry. Finally, relevant LC–MS applications in food and environmental analysis such as the analysis of pesticides, mycotoxins, food packaging contaminants, perfluorinated compounds and polyphenolic compounds are described.

The scope of the book is intentionally broad and is aimed at worldwide analytical laboratories working in food and environmental applications as well as researchers in universities worldwide.

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There is a growing need for high-throughput separations in food and environmental research that are able to cope with the analysis of a large number of compounds in very complex matrices. Laboratories worldwide are now demanding fast and efficient analytical procedures with enough sensitivity, robustness, effectiveness and high resolution to be able to perform both qualitative and quantitative analysis while at the same time achieving cost-effective methodologies with reduced analysis times. Whereas the most common approach for solving many analytical problems has often been high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the recent use of fast or ultra-fast chromatographic methods for environmental and food analysis has increased the overall sample throughput and laboratory efficiency without loss (and even with an improvement) in the resolution obtained by conventional HPLC systems.

This book brings together researchers at the top of their field from across the world to discuss and analyze recent advances in fast liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS) methods for food and environmental analysis. It focuses on the development of the analytical method: sample preparation, chromatographic separation, mass spectrometry and, finally, confirmation and quantification aspects. These topics are addressed in three main parts. First, the most novel approaches to achieve fast and ultra-fast methods as well as the use of alternative and complementary stationary phases are described. In the second part, advances in fast LC MS methods are addressed, focusing on novel treatment procedures coupled with LC MS, new ionization sources, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and the problematic confirmation and quantification aspects in mass spectrometry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783264934
• ISBN 13: 9781783264933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624