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Selecting the Best HPLC Column for Carbohydrate Analysis of Food SamplesFood carbohydrate content is routinely analyzed to ensure food quality and taste. Over the years many analytical techniques, including thin-layer chromatography (TLC), enzymatic analysis, and gas liquid chromatography (GLC), have been developed that allow qualitative and quantitative analysis of sugars, organic acids, and alcohol in food. Amongst these, ion‑moderated partitioning high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has emerged as a very valuable tool and has been used in thousands of published studies. This article describes the various considerations for selecting and optimizing the use of ion-moderated partitioning HPLC analytical columns for carbohydrate analysis in various types of food samples.
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Selecting the Best HPLC Column for Carbohydrate Analysis of Food SamplesFood carbohydrate content is routinely analyzed to ensure food quality and taste. Over the years many analytical techniques, including thin-layer chromatography (TLC), enzymatic analysis, and gas liquid chromatography (GLC), have been developed that allow qualitative and quantitative analysis of sugars, organic acids, and alcohol in food. Amongst these, ion‑moderated partitioning high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has emerged as a very valuable tool and has been used in thousands of published studies. This article describes the various considerations for selecting and optimizing the use of ion-moderated partitioning HPLC analytical columns for carbohydrate analysis in various types of food samples.
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Selecting the Best HPLC Column for Carbohydrate Analysis of Food SamplesFood carbohydrate content is routinely analyzed to ensure food quality and taste. Over the years many analytical techniques, including thin-layer chromatography (TLC), enzymatic analysis, and gas liquid chromatography (GLC), have been developed that allow qualitative and quantitative analysis of sugars, organic acids, and alcohol in food. Amongst these, ion‑moderated partitioning high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has emerged as a very valuable tool and has been used in thousands of published studies. This article describes the various considerations for selecting and optimizing the use of ion-moderated partitioning HPLC analytical columns for carbohydrate analysis in various types of food samples.
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Olive Oil Quality and Authenticity: Recent Improvements in Sample Preparation and GC–FID AnalysisThe growing popularity of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), thanks in part to its presumed health benefits, has resulted in an increased incidence of product adulteration to achieve higher financial gains. This adulteration, through dilution with less expensive oils, has created demand for product authenticity testing. Olive oil testing based on traditional methods is slow, labour-intensive, and requires large amounts of organic solvents. This article reviews the challenges in the accurate analysis of olive oil and discusses new methods that can improve this testing.
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Comprehensive Screening of Pollutants in Household Dust Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Enhanced Chromatographic ResolutionHigh resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HR-TOF-MS) with a novel multimode ionization source together with enhanced chromatographic resolution can successfully detect and identify pollutants in household dust samples. Here’s how.
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The State of the Art in Chiral Capillary Gas ChromatographyA review of the historical development and latest trends in phase development in the field of chiral capillary gas chromatography. A range of novel applications in chiral capillary GC are also described.
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Accurate Determination of Methane in Cable Insulation Material by Gas Bag Sampling and Multiple Headspace Extraction Gas ChromatographyA method was developed to address the constraints encountered when measuring methane levels during the degassing process.
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Accurate Determination of Methane in Cable Insulation Material by Gas Bag Sampling and Multiple Headspace Extraction Gas ChromatographyA method was developed to address the constraints encountered when measuring methane levels during the degassing process.
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Accurate Determination of Methane in Cable Insulation Material by Gas Bag Sampling and Multiple Headspace Extraction Gas ChromatographyA method was developed to address the constraints encountered when measuring methane levels during the degassing process.
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Accurate Determination of Methane in Cable Insulation Material by Gas Bag Sampling and Multiple Headspace Extraction Gas ChromatographyA method was developed to address the constraints encountered when measuring methane levels during the degassing process.
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Accurate Determination of Methane in Cable Insulation Material by Gas Bag Sampling and Multiple Headspace Extraction Gas ChromatographyA method was developed to address the constraints encountered when measuring methane levels during the degassing process.
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Laser Diode Thermal Desorption Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Simultaneous Quantitation of Metformin and Sitagliptin in Mouse and Human Dried Blood SpotsAn exploration of LDTD-MS-MS and how it compares to HPLC–MS-MS techniques in terms of sensitivity, robustness, and speed in an in-vivo drug discovery application
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Determination of Sophisticated Honey Adulteration with LC–IRMSHoney is a high-value commodity, whose quality is defined both by its botanical and geographical origin. This generates a strong consumer demand for certain, premium-priced products, which have become the target for adulterations. A useful tool to detect the addition of sugar to honey products is based on the well-documented difference in δ13C values between C3 (natural honey) and C4 (added sugar) plants. Coupling high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC–IRMS) has the unrivaled advantage of the simultaneous determination of δ13C values from glucose, fructose, di-, tri-, and oligo-saccharides, allowing the detection of more sophisticated honey adulteration with a simple user-friendly analytical system.
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Determination of Sophisticated Honey Adulteration with LC–IRMSHoney is a high-value commodity, whose quality is defined both by its botanical and geographical origin. This generates a strong consumer demand for certain, premium-priced products, which have become the target for adulterations. A useful tool to detect the addition of sugar to honey products is based on the well-documented difference in δ13C values between C3 (natural honey) and C4 (added sugar) plants. Coupling high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC–IRMS) has the unrivaled advantage of the simultaneous determination of δ13C values from glucose, fructose, di-, tri-, and oligo-saccharides, allowing the detection of more sophisticated honey adulteration with a simple user-friendly analytical system.
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Determination of Sophisticated Honey Adulteration with LC–IRMSHoney is a high-value commodity, whose quality is defined both by its botanical and geographical origin. This generates a strong consumer demand for certain, premium-priced products, which have become the target for adulterations. A useful tool to detect the addition of sugar to honey products is based on the well-documented difference in δ13C values between C3 (natural honey) and C4 (added sugar) plants. Coupling high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC–IRMS) has the unrivaled advantage of the simultaneous determination of δ13C values from glucose, fructose, di-, tri-, and oligo-saccharides, allowing the detection of more sophisticated honey adulteration with a simple user-friendly analytical system.
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Determination of Sophisticated Honey Adulteration with LC–IRMSHoney is a high-value commodity, whose quality is defined both by its botanical and geographical origin. This generates a strong consumer demand for certain, premium-priced products, which have become the target for adulterations. A useful tool to detect the addition of sugar to honey products is based on the well-documented difference in δ13C values between C3 (natural honey) and C4 (added sugar) plants. Coupling high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC–IRMS) has the unrivaled advantage of the simultaneous determination of δ13C values from glucose, fructose, di-, tri-, and oligo-saccharides, allowing the detection of more sophisticated honey adulteration with a simple user-friendly analytical system.
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Determination of Sophisticated Honey Adulteration with LC–IRMSHoney is a high-value commodity, whose quality is defined both by its botanical and geographical origin. This generates a strong consumer demand for certain, premium-priced products, which have become the target for adulterations. A useful tool to detect the addition of sugar to honey products is based on the well-documented difference in δ13C values between C3 (natural honey) and C4 (added sugar) plants. Coupling high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC–IRMS) has the unrivaled advantage of the simultaneous determination of δ13C values from glucose, fructose, di-, tri-, and oligo-saccharides, allowing the detection of more sophisticated honey adulteration with a simple user-friendly analytical system.
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Direct Analysis of Amino Acids by HILIC–ESI-MSHydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HILIC–ESI-MS) has been established as a method to separate and quantify polar and ionic analytes in a direct way for two decades. HILIC separation is based on the polarity of analytes, so the more polar analytes have stronger retention on a HILIC column.
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The Effect of Draw-Out Lens Diameter on Sensitivity of GC–MS AnalysisGas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) allows isolation and identification of individual analytes within a complex mixture. Helium has traditionally been the first-choice carrier gas, owing to its inertness, performance, and relatively cheap price. Since 2001, however, helium has become increasingly expensive with a reported global increase in price of 500% between 2001 and 2016 (1). In 2012–2013, the global helium shortage increased the number of GC users switching to alternative carrier gases and improved the availability of information on their use.
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Automated Deformulation of LC–MS and GC–MS DataAccelerate deconvolution of complex MS samples with software that generates an extensive, unbiased, relevant list of structures and component identifiers for your data.
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Solvent Selection in Countercurrent Chromatography Using Small-Volume Hydrostatic ColumnsHow to use small columns to test potential biphasic liquid systems for use in large-scale countercurrent chromatography separations
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Dual Flow ChromatographyDual flow chromatography (DFC) separations are performed with back and forth flow for rapid method development, design of experiments (DOE), quality-by-design (QbD), or high-throughput chromatographic purification. Although different than conventional unidirectional flow through chromatography, chromatographic principles still control the separations. Selectivity coefficients and Langmuir adsorption isotherms control the separation chemistry properties of the column and dictate the mobile phase conditions needed to achieve separation. However, the kinetic rates of diffusion and interaction of mobile phase molecules with the stationary phase, column channeling, and other column properties are not germane to the practice of DFC. Chromatographic conditions developed with DFC can be scaled to any size, including laboratory and industrial preparative columns.
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Simultaneous Determination of Plant Growth Regulators in Bean Sprouts by UHPLC Coupled with MS/MSA rapid and sensitive ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS) method was developed to simultaneously determine six plant growth regulators in bean sprouts with a simple preparation. Analyte extraction from samples was effectively performed using liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) by acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation was conducted on a C18 reversed-phase column with gradient elution. The analytes were detected by tandem quadrupole MS after negative electrospray ionization by multiple reaction monitoring. The developed method was validated by testing method specificity, matrix effect, sensitivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision.
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Analysis of Near 400 Pesticides in Tea via LC–MS/MS: Simple Sample Preparation and APCI to Improve Analyte CoverageThis method greatly facilitates the analysis of a large number of pesticides.
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Simultaneous Determination of Plant Growth Regulators in Bean Sprouts by UHPLC Coupled with MS/MSA rapid and sensitive ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS) method was developed to simultaneously determine six plant growth regulators in bean sprouts with a simple preparation. Analyte extraction from samples was effectively performed using liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) by acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation was conducted on a C18 reversed-phase column with gradient elution. The analytes were detected by tandem quadrupole MS after negative electrospray ionization by multiple reaction monitoring. The developed method was validated by testing method specificity, matrix effect, sensitivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision.
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Simultaneous Determination of Plant Growth Regulators in Bean Sprouts by UHPLC Coupled with MS/MSA rapid and sensitive ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS) method was developed to simultaneously determine six plant growth regulators in bean sprouts with a simple preparation. Analyte extraction from samples was effectively performed using liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) by acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation was conducted on a C18 reversed-phase column with gradient elution. The analytes were detected by tandem quadrupole MS after negative electrospray ionization by multiple reaction monitoring. The developed method was validated by testing method specificity, matrix effect, sensitivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision.
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Superheated Water as an Extraction Solvent in Sample PreparationPressurized high temperature or superheated water is a green extraction solvent used in food, environmental, and traditional medicine studies for the extraction of non-polar and polar analytes including essential oils and spices, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and petrochemicals.
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HPLC 2024 PreviewA look at what’s in store for chromatographers who attend HPLC 2024 in Denver, Colorado, USA from 20–25 July 2024.
