A method for the determination of 42 hazard residues required by 'Japan Positive List System' in bottled water was described. Hazard compounds in bottled water were extracted with a solid phase extraction step using C18 disks. Determination was carried out by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The disk extraction has high ...

the essential oil of peucedanum ru t h e n i c u m fruits, obtained by hydrodistillation, was analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography mass spectrometry. among the 31 identified constituents accounting for 83.9% of the total oil, the major components were 1,8-cineole (11.15%), camphor (5.86%), z-carveol (6.88%), l-carvone (5.61%), 8,9-dehydroisolongifolene (11.35%), caryophyllene o...

The paper summarizes critically the current approaches for the calculation of the limits of detection and quantification. In the context of the description of the method based on the calibration line, the arguments concerning the underlying experimental design, the choice of the appropriate model in the univariate regression, the effects of the dispersion characteristics of the data are deeply ...

The occurrence of tamoxifen metabolites in bile was investigated in a 57-year-old female patient receiving chronic treatment with tamoxifen. In bile treated with beta-glucuronidase, two major peaks were detected using a chromatographic system developed for the quantitation of tamoxifen metabolites in human serum. One sharp peak coeluted with 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen whereas a second broad peak elute...

Metabolite profiling is the multiparallel relative quantification of a mixture of compounds or compound classes using chromatography and universal detection technologies (GC-MS, LC-MS). In this respect it is an extension of classical single-target methods from which it can be distinguished by its broader view on profiling major biochemical events. This broader scope of analysis outweighs the di...

Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used for the extraction and determination of 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in mineral water samples. In this procedure, the suitable combination of extraction solvent (500 µL chloroform) and disperser solvent (1000 µL acetone) were quickly injected into the water sample (...

The exposure of two Iranian victims of the Iran-Iraq conflict (1980-1988) to sulfur mustard was established by immunochemical and mass spectrometric analysis of blood samples taken 22 and 26 days after alleged exposure. One victim suffered from skin injuries compatible with sulfur mustard intoxication but did not have lung injuries; the symptoms of the other victim were only vaguely compatible ...

Although mineral oils are generally considered nontoxic and have a long history of use in humans, the mineral oil Bayol F (incomplete Freund's adjuvant, IFA) and certain mineral oil components (squalene and n-hexadecane) induce lupus-related anti-nRNP/Sm or -Su autoantibodies in nonautoimmune mice. In the present study, we investigated whether medicinal mineral oils can induce other types of au...