Category Archives: Sample treatment

Assessing human exposure to pesticides and mycotoxins: optimization and validation of a method for multianalyte determination in urine samples.

Posted on 9 April, 2024 by fqm302

Humans are exposed to an increasing number of contaminants, with diet being one of the most important exposure routes. In this framework, human biomonitoring is considered the gold standard for evaluating human exposure to chemicals. Pesticides and mycotoxins are chemicals … Continue reading →

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Capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry to determine multiclass cyanotoxins in reservoir water and spinach samples.

Posted on 24 January, 2024 by fqm302

Cyanotoxins constitute a group of toxic secondary metabolites, the presence of which in any water body poses a major health risk. Moreover, advanced organisms such as edible plants exposed to these toxins, are a possible pathway for human exposure. Green … Continue reading →

Posted in CZE, Cyanotoxins, FASS, Mass spectrometry, PID2021-127804OB-I00, SPE, Spinach, Water, acid barrage, pH-junction | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry to determine multiclass cyanotoxins in reservoir water and spinach samples.

Determination of bile acids in serum of pigs exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Posted on 22 December, 2023 by fqm302

Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been linked to dyslipidemia. Under acute exposure to PCBs, it has been observed that the secretion of bile acids (BAs) can be impacted, limiting (indirectly) lipid absorption in the gut. In this context, two … Continue reading →

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Mycotoxin occurrence in milk and durum wheat samples from Tunisia using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

Posted on 30 October, 2023 by fqm302

Food and feed contamination with mycotoxins is a major public health concern. Humans and animals are exposed to these toxins by consuming contaminated products throughout their lives. In this study, a method based on dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME), followed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Aflatoxins, DLLME, Durum wheat, Fluorescence, Milk, Mycotoxins, PID2021-127804OB-I00, PROYEXCEL_00195, Photo-induced, UHPLC | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Mycotoxin occurrence in milk and durum wheat samples from Tunisia using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

Determination of multiclass cyanotoxins in blue-green algae (BGA) dietary supplements using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Posted on 7 February, 2023 by fqm302

In recent years, the consumption of blue-green algae (BGA) dietary supplements is increasing because of their health benefits. However, cyanobacteria can produce cyanotoxins, which present serious health risks. In this work we propose hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with tandem … Continue reading →

Posted in B-AGR-202-UGR20, Blue-green algae, Cyanotoxins, HILIC, Mass spectrometry, RTI2018-097043-B-I00, SPE | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Determination of multiclass cyanotoxins in blue-green algae (BGA) dietary supplements using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Ion mobility-mass spectrometry to extend analytical performance in the determination of ergot alkaloids in cereal samples.

Posted on 26 September, 2022 by fqm302

This work evaluates the potential of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to improve the analytical performance of current liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) workflows applied to the determination of ergot alkaloids (EAs) in cereal samples. Collision cross section (CCS) values for EA … Continue reading →

Posted in Barley, Ergot alkaloids, Ion mobility, PID2021-127804OB-I00, QuEChERS, UHPLC, Wheat | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Ion mobility-mass spectrometry to extend analytical performance in the determination of ergot alkaloids in cereal samples.

Non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis–time of flight mass spectrometry method to determine emerging mycotoxins.

Posted on 26 September, 2022 by fqm302

Enniatins (ENN) and beauvericin (BEA) are emerging mycotoxins that have been traditionally determined by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). However, to the best of our knowledge, no analytical methods based on capillary electrophoresis (CE)–MS/MS have been reported … Continue reading →

Posted in B-AGR-202-UGR20, EQC2018-004453-P, Enniatins, Mass spectrometry, Mycotoxins, NACE, RTI2018-097043-B-I00, SALLE, Wheat | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis–time of flight mass spectrometry method to determine emerging mycotoxins.

Sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry as an alternative methodology to determine neonicotinoid and boscalid residues in pollen and honeybee samples.

Posted on 19 April, 2022 by fqm302

In this work, it is proposed for the first time an electrophoretic approach based on micellar electrokinetic chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MEKC-MS/MS) for the simultaneous determination of nine neonicotinoids (NNIs) together with the fungicide boscalid in pollen and … Continue reading →

Posted in B-AGR-202-UGR20, EQC2018-004453-P, Honeybees, Insects, MEKC, Mass spectrometry, Neonicotinoids, Pesticides, Pollen, QuEChERS, RED2018-102522-T, RTI2018-097043-B-I00, Sweeping | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry as an alternative methodology to determine neonicotinoid and boscalid residues in pollen and honeybee samples.

Multiclass cyanotoxin analysis in reservoir waters: Tandem solid-phase extraction followed by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Posted on 29 November, 2021 by fqm302

The presence of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in all water bodies, including ocean water and fresh water sources, represents a risk for human health as eutrophication and climate change are enhancing their level of proliferation. For risk assessment and studies on … Continue reading →

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A natural deep eutectic solvent as a novel dispersive solvent in dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet for the determination of pesticide residues.

Posted on 17 November, 2021 by fqm302

Current trends in analytical chemistry encourage the use of innocuous solvents to develop modern methods aligned with green chemistry. In this sense, natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) have emerged as a novel generation of green solvents which can be employed … Continue reading →

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