The Column-03-21-2012

Hyphenated approaches to analysis have received much attention over the last three decades to the extent that techniques such as GC?MS, GC?FTIR and LC?MS have ? in the relevant fields ? become indispensable parts of the analyst?s arsenal. This concept has been extended to include multi-hyphenated techniques, where the chromatography is preceded by analyte extraction from a sample matrix. In the field of GC?MS, examples include thermal, sorptive or headspace extraction, with subsequent preconcentration, for instance, by thermal desorption (TD).

A new method has been developed for the identification and classification of various tuberculosis (TB) causing and non-TB Mycobacterium species on the basis of their characteristic metabolite profiles

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in western countries and is on the rise again.

The consumption of beer is, for some, one of life?s great pleasures but it can leave behind a bitter aftertaste.

A group of scientists in France have undertaken a study to examine the structure of proteins in human hair.