Over the past decade the application of non-targeted high-throughput metabolomic analysis within the plant sciences has gained ever increasing interest and has truly established itself as a valuable tool for plant functional genomics and studies of plant biochemical composition. Whilst proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H-NMR) spectroscopy is particularly appropriate for the analysis of bulk...

The current trend in liquid chromatography is towards the achievement of higher kinetic efficiency and shorter analysis time. Different types of column packings are now available for attaining very fast and high resolution separations without changing instruments, worrying about high backpressure or compromising column longevity. In recent developments of particle technology, the use of superfi...

In late 1973 a slow release formulation of terbutryne (2-ethylamino-6-methylthio-4-tert.-butylamino-1,3,5triazine) was introduced commercially for the control of water weeds (CIBA-Geigy (Clarosan)). Hence it will be of increasing importance for residue analysts to be able to detect low concentrations of this compound in surface waters. In the work reported here two methods are described, one, h...

In order to investigate chlorine isotope behaviour, it was necessary to develop analytical methods and methods for data interpretation. The accuracy, precision and amount dependency of chlorine isotope ratio analyses performed with gas chromatography quadrupol mass-spectrometry (GC-qMS) were evaluated for two Agilent and Thermo instruments. The calibration of raw data to SMOC scale (Standard Me...

Myrosinases have significant scientific and medical implications. Unfortunately, detection purification of myrosinase from microbes requires the use highly cost substrates (glucosinolates) such as sinigrin expensive instruments Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography or ion exchange chromatography. In this work, we used only 20 mL bacterial culture supplemented with (10 mM) to obtain partially purif...

This paper is Part II of a series of articles on Terahertz heterodyne imaging. In Part I introductory information and techniques were presented. In this paper the authors describe four different types of heterodyne imaging instruments that have been established at their facilities. In Part III (to appear in a future issue of this journal) selected applications of these instruments are discussed.

■ SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY Beer’s Law Spectrophotometric Instruments Components of a Spectrophotometer Spectrophotometer Quality Assurance Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Flame Photometry Fluorometry Chemiluminescence Turbidity and Nephelometry Laser Applications ■ ELECTROCHEMISTRY Galvanic and Electrolytic Cells Half-Cells Ion-Selective Electrodes pH Electrodes Gas-Sensing Electrod...

The results and the improvement of the analytical procedures adopted for the control of doping in horses will be reported. This control has been systematically carried out in Italy for about 10 years in the laboratories of Italian Federation of Sport and Medicine in which the biological samples for the control of doping in various sport activities (football, cycling, athletics etc.) are also ex...

This paper aims to be an aid to those chemists who are interested in utilizing high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), which is free of irreversible adsorption and offers high resolution comparable to column chromatography. It explains the selection of HSCCC conditions step by step including the selection of two-phase solvent systems, determination of partition coefficient (K) of ana...